Supportive Quotes - Page 4

• My immediate family was always very supportive. It was my own fear of the rest of the world not accepting me, the rest of our society not accepting my wish to be an actor.

  Lupita Nyong'o

  Wish, Actors, World

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• I started a theater called Steppenwolf. We've been very supportive of the veterans there.

  Gary Sinise

  Veteran, Theater, Steppenwolf

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• My parents are supportive of anything I want to do, as long as it's not bad.

  Zoey Deutch

  Long, Parent, Want

  "Thomas Mann and Zoey Deutch Talk BEAUTIFUL CREATURES, Auditioning without Seeing the Script, Working with Emma Thopmson, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. February 12, 2013.

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• If your motivation for acquiring money or success comes from a non-supportive root such as fear, anger or the need to 'prove' yourself, your money will never bring you happiness.

  T. Harv Eker

  Motivation, Roots, Needs

  FaceBook post by T. Harv Eker from Dec 20, 2015

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• It is crucial that members of Congress cast votes that are supportive of the values upon which our nation was founded: equality, freedom, and opportunity for all people.

  Joe Baca

  Opportunity, Equality, People

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• I had very supportive parents that made the way for me, even at a time when there were very few women - no women, really; maybe two or three women - and very few, fewer than that, African-American women heading in this direction, so there were very few people to look up to. You just had to have faith.

  Leah Ward Sears

  Faith, Two, People

  "Georgia High Court Chief Justice Leah Ward Sears". "News & Notes" with Ed Gordon, www.npr.org. August 2, 2005.

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• If Islam opposes terrorism, then Saudi Arabia should announce that no one supportive of ISIS or Al Qaeda is welcome in Mecca to make Hajj.

  Bob Enyart

  Isis, Islam, Arabia

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• My parents have been incredibly supportive from perhaps the first real independent decision I made to become a vegetarian at 11, which was certainly not consistent with their diet at the time.

  Chelsea Clinton

  Real, Independent, Decision

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• I'm very lucky, I've got two very loving parents, still very much together, and always been very supportive.

  Kit Harington

  Two, Parent, Together

  "The Hbo Heartthrob: Kit Harington". Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. December 6, 2012.

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• Generally I'm very supportive of farmers. I think the wider Australian population is also. The animal justice fund is focusing on factory-farmed animals and where they're being mistreated.

  Jan Cameron

  Animal, Thinking, Justice

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• Growing up in a family of actors, what's great about it is that they're very supportive and they understand what it's like to be an actor - the rejections, the highs and lows... and having a common language with them is great because you have shorthand speech.

  Chris Pine

  Growing Up, Rejection, Actors

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• I'm not putting myself up as the epitome of virtue. I certainly am living a non-traditional life. But it is also a loving life and a very supportive one. I think that both in this, and the previous relationship, I think that I've been doing the best I can.

  Hugh Hefner

  Life, Thinking, Virtue

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• The limits of sensory evolution in fish are defined very largely by their habitat. Water is physically supportive, carries some kinds of odour well, and is kind to sound - letting it travel several times faster than air will allow, but it inhibits other more personal kinds of communication.

  Lyall Watson

  Communication, Air, Water

  "Jacobson's Organ and The Remarkable Nature Of Smell" by Lyall Watson, www.nytimes.com. 2000.

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• My mom was incredibly supportive when she found out that I wanted to be an actress, and that certainly made things easier and more fun.

  Morena Baccarin

  Mom, Fun, Actresses

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• My mom was always pretty supportive. She saw me do plays and she'd always act out the parts I did.

  Angela Bassett

  Mom, Play, Saws

  "Angela's assets". Interview with David Emer, www.theguardian.com. September 28, 2001.

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• He was very supportive of me, ... He saw every single play I did in New York. Ill never forget looking out into the audience and watching my brother, who was 40 years younger than my grandfather, sleeping in his chair during some of my early plays. My grandfather Alex never fell asleep.

  Liev Schreiber

  Brother, New York, Sleep

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• The most guileful amongst the reporters are those who appear friendly and smile and seem to be supportive. They are the ones who will seek to gut you on every occasion.

  Ed Koch

  Friendly, Media Training, Guts

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• I grew up in a very literate, very independent household where people spoke their ideas and were very supportive of helping each other find their own way

  Lucinda Williams

  Independent, Ideas, People

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• Why are people so supportive of him [Osama bin Laden] in many countries? Hes been out in these countries for decades building roads, building schools, building infrastructure, building day care facilities, building health care facilities, and the people are extremely grateful.

  Patty Murray

  Country, Grateful, School

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• We just played unselfishly. At times this year, we've played selfish, but today we passed the ball. ... We were just very supportive of each other.

  Rajon Rondo

  Selfish, Years, Balls

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• The whole business starts with ideas, and we're convinced that ideas come out of an environment of supportive conflict, which is synonymous with appropriate friction.

  Michael Eisner

  Ideas, Conflict, Environment

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• My dad has always been extremely supportive in every decision I've made and much more interested in me picking what I wanted to do.

  Colin Hanks

  Dad, Father, Decision

  "Colin Hanks, Tom Hanks Team Up On-Screen". The PARADE Magazine Interview, parade.com. March 20, 2009.

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• You should choose organisations that are going to be flexible and supportive and recognise people are going through different stages in their careers and actually need different sorts of support.

  Gail Kelly

  Business, Women, Careers

  "St George CEO juggles work-life balance". Interview with Andrew Robertson, www.abc.net.au. May 22, 2007.

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• Because they've either conveniently forgotten with time or they're trying to be supportive, most mothers won't tell you how hard pregnancy (and then childbirth) can be. Let me tell you, it is. It's brutal sometimes! But, if I did it, ANYONE can do it. I mean, I always knew I was meant to do something really BIG in life, and now I know that this was it. Screw winning an Academy Award someday ... I GAVE BIRTH

  Jenny McCarthy

  Mother, Pregnancy, Mean

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• I have long been active in and supportive of conservation and historical preservation causes.

  Jack L. Chalker

  Long, Historical, Causes

  Jack L. Chalker (1988). “Dance Band on the Titanic”, Del Rey

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