Mara Brock Akil quote: "If you want something, work hard for it, go after it. I can't worry about all the 'no's, because I believe there's a yes, and I've been very fortunate to find those in my career and made the most of those opportunities."

I love writing about black women, but if you go beyond that, we're human beings - and because we...
MARA BROCK AKIL

I'm trying to talk about challenging subjects people might not like and trying to find relief as...
MARA BROCK AKIL

I'm not afraid of stereotypes. There are some truths to it - but the problem is that people keep...
MARA BROCK AKIL

I often attribute my screenwriting to journalism because they drill in the who, what, when, where an...
MARA BROCK AKIL

Any form of media is an opportunity to be a mirror and reflection of what we are experiencing more i...
MARA BROCK AKIL

Being black, Latino, or Asian is not a genre. Romantic comedies, thrillers, action - those are genre...
MARA BROCK AKIL

A staple of my personality is that I want what I want - and I'm willing to do without until I ge...
MARA BROCK AKIL

We still have a lot of work to do in American culture. More open-mindedness is happening - in some c...
MARA BROCK AKIL

I think pregnancy, like life, is what you make it. I received a good hand. I'm thankful and bles...
MARA BROCK AKIL

I always root for the defense.
WELLINGTON MARA

We didn't readjust our thinking or rebuild quick enough.
WELLINGTON MARA

I think when the bottom started to drop out, we didn't recognize it.
WELLINGTON MARA

The Church has never changed its teaching on the sanctity of human life - it didn't make up a ru...
WELLINGTON MARA

The Church does not pretend to be scientists. It teaches based upon what science tells it.
WELLINGTON MARA

Just as it had taken centuries to determine the true nature of the universe, so also the search for ...
WELLINGTON MARA

You can believe that he was taught to love and respect all mankind - but to fear no man.
WELLINGTON MARA

Maybe since I was 35 years old it was time to go upstairs.
WELLINGTON MARA

These days I'm pretty much a businessman.
WELLINGTON MARA

Self-justification is a treacherous servant.
WELLINGTON MARA

Pop knew absolutely nothing about pro football.
WELLINGTON MARA

In trying to scramble out of a hole, it sometimes digs it deeper.
WELLINGTON MARA

If the constitution goes, I go.
KAMISESE MARA

It is with obedience to your call that I take up the burden of government leadership for the final t...
KAMISESE MARA

And I said, yes, if you think that I avoid bloodshed by standing aside, then I will stand aside.
KAMISESE MARA

I thought they know that I was the Commander in Chief, not that I know that I am the Commander in Ch...
KAMISESE MARA

He said there is 80 of us, ready to come down and the next thing I knew is that Jo Brown dashed in a...
KAMISESE MARA

I was the deputy Chairman of the Democratic Union of the Pacific, and we started at 8 I think and I ...
KAMISESE MARA

I have never been bribed as a Prime Minister.
KAMISESE MARA

The first money I have been offered was as District Officer Ba.
KAMISESE MARA

I received my money from the treasury, I used to very early to go the clubs, but when the burden of ...
KAMISESE MARA

It is from the traditional family that we absorb those universal ideals and principles which are the...
KAMISESE MARA

I suspect the psychological pressure associated with that crisis caused the first mental blackout I ...
KAMISESE MARA

How could I stand by and watch my house on fire?
KAMISESE MARA

Whom am I going to trust if I have to back again.
KAMISESE MARA

Fiji had experienced the ordeal of two military coups.
KAMISESE MARA

I have been sustained by cane field, the cane plantation I have.
KAMISESE MARA

Even institutions of State, such as the judiciary, were seriously weakened, to the extent that the c...
KAMISESE MARA

The family teaches us about the importance of knowledge, education, hard work and effort. It teaches...
KAMISESE MARA

I'm an idiot.
KATE MARA

I've definitely become more aware and conscious of what directors I'm working with because i...
KATE MARA

I've always wanted to do a period piece.
KATE MARA

I was excited to get the opportunity to sing something in a movie 'cause I love musicals and I w...
KATE MARA

I don't ever take anything for granted.
KATE MARA

When my agents tell me how much I'm going to be paid for a film, instead of quoting a figure, th...
KATE MARA

I hated school.
KATE MARA

I remember telling the agent, 'I don't want to do anything but Broadway.' She was like, ...
KATE MARA

I have so many friends who have no idea what they want to do. They are out of college and working, b...
KATE MARA

I feel so lucky.
KATE MARA

I hate being in Los Angeles when it's football season. I want to be in New York. It just doesn&#...
KATE MARA

I feel like I'm exactly where I should be.
KATE MARA

I wish no teams had cheerleaders. I find it more distracting than anything else.
KATE MARA

Everybody has to be responsible for their own actions - and if they do something wrong, I believe in...
KATE MARA

In New York, you can just wake up and everything sorts itself out. I love that, not having a plan.
KATE MARA

Eventually you get bored and you want to work.
KATE MARA

It's really nice to be in something that you really love and want to share with people. And then...
KATE MARA

I want to do something crazy for a part - something I'd never even consider in real life.
KATE MARA

Rooting for the offense is the safe way to go. You win either way.
KATE MARA

There's nothing worse than people who want to make you feel better when you are losing. I just w...
KATE MARA

Let's be honest: I just want a Super Bowl ring.
KATE MARA

I have a ridiculous fear of sharks but I'd jump in the water in a second for an amazing role.
KATE MARA

All the actors I respect, especially old-Hollywood actors, the reason I think so many of them have h...
KATE MARA

Whenever I dream about flying, it's the best feeling in the world.
KATE MARA

Keeping your private life as private as possible is the smartest thing.
KATE MARA

I don't have any plans to pursue film acting. It's not my thing anymore, if it ever was. Yes...
MARA WILSON

I can't take much pride in my childhood acting. It feels like it happened in another lifetime, a...
MARA WILSON

I still get recognized. It's flattering, but it can be uncomfortable. Maybe because it only seem...
MARA WILSON

Not many child stars make it out of Hollywood alive or sane, and at any given time there are at leas...
MARA WILSON

Danny DeVito later told me that he knew he wanted me for 'Matilda' the second I walked in th...
MARA WILSON

If I ever have children of my own, they will read 'Matilda.' They will watch the movie. And ...
MARA WILSON

'Matilda' was my favorite movie to film and my favorite to watch, as well.
MARA WILSON

No, you will never see me on 'Dancing With the Stars.' Sorry.
MARA WILSON

Film can be exciting, but more often, it's tedious.
MARA WILSON

The best times I had on film sets were the times the director let me express myself, but those were ...
MARA WILSON

The celebrity aspect is nothing short of ridiculous, and auditioning is brutal and dehumanizing. Eve...
MARA WILSON

Assume everything you put on the Internet can and will be seen not only by the person you're tal...
MARA WILSON

'Mrs. Doubtfire' is still a fun movie, and it's still fun to watch, but it is hard to wa...
MARA WILSON

I didn't want to be a former child actor for the rest of my life, although in some ways I suppos...
MARA WILSON

I had people in 'Entertainment Weekly' talking about how they wanted to throttle me because ...
MARA WILSON

I think that when I was child, acting was mostly just a hobby for me. It was something that my paren...
MARA WILSON

Considering all the legal hassle child stars can be, I won't be surprised when they are phased o...
MARA WILSON

If I were to talk to Lindsay Lohan, I'd encourage her to get the hell out of acting and into som...
MARA WILSON

I'd rather be known for my accomplishments, and for things that I really do take pride in, rathe...
MARA WILSON

I'm pretty cautious and not very athletic, so I've only had really dumb injuries, like sprai...
MARA WILSON

I'm originally from southern California, so I, like, say 'like', like, a lot. I've b...
MARA WILSON

People who meet me as an adult are often surprised that I'm alive and have never been in prison ...
MARA WILSON

My mother died when I was young, and I was filming all the time. I was all over the place. Acting wa...
MARA WILSON

I consider my relationship with acting in Hollywood as sort of a mutual breakup. Through puberty, Ho...
MARA WILSON

I would like people to know me for who I am, especially since I think people have a very skewed imag...
MARA WILSON

Romney still enjoys the Republicans' traditional advantage among voters who are veterans, but th...
MARA LIASSON

While Romney has an overall deficit with women voters, his biggest disadvantage is with college educ...
MARA LIASSON

Until he announced his immigration policy last week, Obama had the support of most Hispanic voters -...
MARA LIASSON

Obama has built his public image around his ability to bridge divisions - racial, ideological or gen...
MARA LIASSON

Here is something no real celebrity will ever tell you: film acting is not very fun. Doing the same ...
MARA WILSON

In a multi-racial society, trust, understanding and tolerance are the cornerstones of peace and orde...
KAMISESE MARA

Obama's even keel sometimes comes across as aloof or even cold.
MARA LIASSON

Both the Obama and Romney campaigns said they pulled all their political ads today in observance of ...
MARA LIASSON

I love violent Shakespeare. It is to me what steak is to some people: the bloodier the better.
MARA WILSON

Congratulations is a societal burp that follows a positive act. When you graduate AA, you get a cong...
MARA ALTMAN

The president is under 50 percent approval ratings in all the battleground states. So, you could say...
MARA LIASSON

I like traditions, and the national anthem is important.
KATE MARA

I remember feeling enormous pressure because I didn't want to be Shirley Temple. Shirley Temple ...
MARA WILSON

Even when I was a kid, I had this insane head of flaming hair. It looked like a wig.
KATE MARA

Just because the character listens to an iPod and wears black nail polish, she's goth. That was ...
ROONEY MARA

I'll tell you what you can expect,' he said at our kickoff luncheon just a few days later. 'You can ...
JOHN MARA

There's a certain way people are used to seeing nude women, and that's in a submissive, coy ...
ROONEY MARA

I'm thrilled to be in the final. It's not a great way to win a match, but I'm so happy to be in my f...
MARA SANTANGELO

I tried to be aggressive after losing the first set and also concentrated better. I am happy with th...
MARA SANTANGELO

I wasn't sure of this after losing the first set, but I remained positive. The first-set loss actual...
MARA SANTANGELO

If there is one thing about my family that I do identify with, it is that everyone is extremely hard...
ROONEY MARA

My earliest recollection of the Giants was on a Sunday morning in the autumn of 1925,
WELLINGTON MARA

I don't need one of those,
WELLINGTON MARA

Giants ownership has left at least $150 million of team net worth on the table.
WELLINGTON MARA

We should all share I guess, ... Or we're going to lose some of the smaller teams down the line, and...
WELLINGTON MARA

I'm not taking that. Go ahead, it's here, just take it.
WELLINGTON MARA

I've always been more of a nerdy, academic type. I loved 'Star Wars' growing up. I have ...
MARA WILSON

Since he took over for Pete Rozelle, we've had unparalleled prosperity, popularity and labor peace. ...
JOHN MARA

We would have liked to build it yesterday. But we are pretty much on target.
BILL MARA

You wouldn't even be able to see us from the street.
BILL MARA

We envision it to be a center for research and life planning that people from all over the state wil...
BILL MARA

It's never needed vindication. It was that fancy stuff that needed to prove itself.
WELLINGTON MARA

The idea of living forever makes me uncomfortable, and at this point I've lived long enough and seen...
MARA WILSON

Now cracks a noble heart. Goodnight sweet prince, may flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.
WELLINGTON MARA

I am very slow to warm. I've always been sort of a loner. I didn't play team sports. I am be...
ROONEY MARA

I didn't even have pierced ears. They put four holes in each ear, and, weirdly, that hurt the mo...
ROONEY MARA

a minor inconvenience.
JOHN MARA

I wanted a football man. Now I'm extremely happy the way it turned out.
WELLINGTON MARA

I can't help but think he would have been so embarrassed by this. He would have shook his head and t...
WELLINGTON MARA

Ronnie, why are you so good to me?
WELLINGTON MARA

The defining characteristic of a hipster—the thing everyone agreed on, and most hated about them�...
MARA WILSON

Cross my palm with silver and I'll tell your fortune. Cross my palm with gold and it will certainly ...
MARA AMBERLY

He was on his back. I don't think he ever saw where the puck was. He just made a swat at it. That's ...
PAUL MARA

Acting is something I did when I was a kid. I do act sometimes in friends' projects, but when I ...
MARA WILSON

The pieces of the puzzle are visible, but not the grand design. Images flicker and dance like memori...
MARA AMBERLY

The Penn family, with the loving support of family and longtime friends, buried their youngest son a...
MARA BUXBAUM

The Penn family would appreciate the media's respect of their privacy during this difficult time.
MARA BUXBAUM

Developing diagnostic tests for targeted cancer therapies and making them available to physicians an...
MARA ASPINALL

The success of this film has created an opening for innumerable conversations about transgender issu...
MARA KEISLING

At least one chamber of Congress has finally made a statement that it is not acceptable to hurt or k...
MARA KEISLING

Children can learn to play as a team -- and they learn you don't always win. That's something, this ...
MARA KAPLAN

I don't think it's appropriate -- except when they're very, very young -- for parents to let their k...
MARA KAPLAN

Playing in the dining room, at the kitchen table, or on the family room floor creates a whole differ...
MARA KAPLAN

We are anticipating at least as good a turnout for the opening of the actual house, and media intere...
MARA HARTMANN

We found out we were doing much better than we thought we were.
MARA HARTMANN

A lot of people who come in are families, whether they're participating in it or not.
MARA HARTMANN

The numbers have stayed pretty much about this amount for the past several years.
MARA HARTMANN

The deal will buy Pfizer some additional breathing room, as we had expected sales and earnings per s...
MARA GOLDSTEIN

Unlike Shanghai and Hong Kong, which have numerous tourists to support the retail market, the Taiwan...
MARA WANG

They need to achieve better market segmentation by developing different retail forms, such as increa...
MARA WANG

Marks & Spencer has been observing the Taiwanese market for a long time and is interested in setting...
MARA WANG

A lot of the earliest emblems were designs for printers' marks.
MARA WADE

It was the first time you could mass-produce images.
MARA WADE

They thought that hieroglyphs were a secret language ... that they were ideograms that could more ac...
MARA WADE

Our diet starts when we are born and it makes sense that what you eat over a lifetime will make a di...
MARA VITOLINS

The study was testing the belief that lowering total fat would reduce the risk of cancer. Since the ...
MARA VITOLINS

It's going to be very tough for me. I've never beaten her and she's full of confidence as this is he...
MARA SANTANGELO

It was a lot tougher than I expected. What proved significant was that I was right there in the cont...
MARA SANTANGELO

I knew it was going to be a tough match and it was. She is so hard to play against. I know I was up ...
MARA SANTANGELO

I had a request today from Mr. Speight for him to come and see me,
KAMISESE MARA

That I will not be able to oblige,
KAMISESE MARA

We are going to face not only purgatory, but hell,
KAMISESE MARA

the position of the indigenous community will be protected and enhanced.
KAMISESE MARA

not in accordance with the constitution and ... therefore unlawful.
KAMISESE MARA

We will have a dialogue and see what they offer, ... I cannot say I will put back the government tha...
KAMISESE MARA

It's a pretty low period right now. We had two fantastic games versus Buffalo and Toronto, and to co...
PAUL MARA

There's not a lot of time to have conversations on the field during the game. That's where t...
BROCK OSWEILER

I think one thing as far as my learning curve and what I'm learning - there is a time to take a ...
BROCK OSWEILER

I don't think I ever write songs involving politics, because they get dated way too quick. Any v...
ISAAC BROCK

I like Modest Mouse. I'm our biggest fan. And enemy. I won't waste people's time by putt...
ISAAC BROCK

Portland hardly got to have an identity before that identity became a joke - I live in a joke. Seatt...
ISAAC BROCK

I'm a huge Cure fan. I love the Cure. The scales being tipped to when they weren't on a majo...
ISAAC BROCK

'Float On' was a fine song, but I was still writing the lyrics on the last day we were worki...
ISAAC BROCK

Even when I was a kid, I always showed up late for school every day. It got to the point where they ...
ISAAC BROCK

If I find myself just not feeling like writing songs anymore, I think I'll drop it. There's ...
ISAAC BROCK

I made a point when I made the Ugly Casanova record to not write a song and then say, 'This is a...
ISAAC BROCK

As frustrating as it is to not have a record come out, I have to make sure that it's worth putti...
ISAAC BROCK

The guy who kind of identified as my dad was my dad's brother, who was the second person my mom ...
ISAAC BROCK

I don't much like things to go by somebody's name, like the 'Bob Jones Group Jam Band.&#...
ISAAC BROCK

If I start working on something, I get a little too driven.
ISAAC BROCK

Most of the best music in American history was made by people with no options.
ISAAC BROCK

When I do write, it happens really easily. I'll just kind of sing along to whatever I'm play...
ISAAC BROCK

I want to have a media platform that is an honest broker and not just a mouthpiece for a political p...
DAVID BROCK

Shalom is the medicine I’d prescribe for Jerusalem—a deep, God-breathed indwelling of peace and ...
JARED BROCK

You get so brainwashed. You're on the road 300 days a year, and that's why guys get so messe...
BROCK LESNAR

Show me a guy who's afraid to look bad, and I'll show you a guy you can beat every time.
LOU BROCK

Jim Crow was king . . . and I heard a game in which Jackie Robinson was playing, and I felt pride in...
LOU BROCK

You can't be afraid to make errors! You can't be afraid to be naked before the crowd, because no one...
LOU BROCK

When I was a kid, I used to imagine animals running under my bed. I told my dad, and he solved the p...
LOU BROCK

Competition is what keeps me playing the psychological warfare of matching skill against skill and w...
LOU BROCK

Sometimes the lies you tell are less frightening than the loneliness you might feel if you stopped t...
BROCK CLARKE

I have always been the tallest guy in my class, going back to first grade. Announcers have always ha...
BROCK OSWEILER

I'm just concerned with winning, not individual accolades.
BROCK OSWEILER

I didn't mean to live in Portland. It was kind of an accident - I mean, the equivalent of my car...
ISAAC BROCK

Stay open-minded; stay focused. Train hard and train smart. For me, the older I get, the smarter I h...
BROCK LESNAR

I admit to wasting my life messing around with fast cars and motorcycles.
BROCK YATES

We have to make some radical move to get the attention of everyone. Cheaters can't win and stero...
LOU BROCK

Trump apologized for nothing, including the horrible tape, right? No apology.
DAVID BROCK

Stealing bases was put to me almost as a prerequisite for staying in the game. They didn't give ...
LOU BROCK

It takes some balls to live life to the fullest.
BROCK LESNAR

There is a definite loneliness in the game. Most people stay away from you since they think they'...
LOU BROCK

I became a conservative for the first dozen years of my professional life in Berkeley, Calif., and i...
DAVID BROCK

If you want something, work hard for it, go after it. I can't worry about all the 'no's, because I believe there's a yes, and I've been very fortunate to find those in my career and made the most of those opportunities.

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Mara Brock Akil

If you want something, work hard for it, go after it. I can't worry about all the 'no's, because I believe there's a yes, and I've been very fortunate to find those in my career and made the most of those opportunities.

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