Quotes by Vanessa Williams - Page 1

I love the French horn.
Vanessa Williams /
French Horn
French
Horn
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Broadway is really my life.
Vanessa Williams /
Broadway
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Success is the sweetest revenge.
Vanessa Williams /
Success
Revenge
Sweetest
Success Is
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And when people give me their word, I listen to them.
Vanessa Williams /
Give Me
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My parents are both teachers, so we had the summers off.
Vanessa Williams /
Teachers
Summers
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I love to ski and drive fast cars and the thrill of exciting things.
Vanessa Williams /
Exciting Things
Thrill
Fast Cars
Ski
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I danced modern dance my whole life, and it makes me feel young again.
Vanessa Williams /
Modern Dance
Life Me Feel
Danced
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And at 19, you think you rule the world, and you can control things. And a lot of times, you don't.
Vanessa Williams /
Rule
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I've been really, really fortunate to get some fantastic opportunities on Broadway, and I cherish all of them.
Vanessa Williams /
Broadway
Cherish
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Good work is such an incredible payoff. And I know that I'll be working until the end, because good work excites me.
Vanessa Williams /
Good Work
Payoff
Work Good Me
Excites
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As I grow older, I feel like my authentic self has been able to shine through more and more, and people can see that.
Vanessa Williams /
Authentic Self
Authentic
Shine
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I've picked up a lot of fans from doing 'Ugly Betty': a lot of teenagers who didn't even know I had a singing career.
Vanessa Williams /
Betty
Picked
Teenagers
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Kids are on their keyboards so much, between their smartphones and laptops, no one writes anything anymore. It's atrocious.
Vanessa Williams /
Laptops
Atrocious
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I'll get mad, but then I'll let it go. It's not worth stewing over for the rest of your life. You've got to move on and let it go.
Vanessa Williams /
Mad
Rest
Life Rest Your
Move On
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I love working out in groups - I love the community of it and the energy, and I love great instructors who inspire you and make you sweat!
Vanessa Williams /
Inspire
Sweat
Love Great Community
Instructor
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You're always going to have people that are naysayers, that don't believe in your talent, that don't believe that you have any kind of longevity.
Vanessa Williams /
Longevity
Talent
Believe People Always
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You should be unique, you should be confident, and that's how people remember who you are. You have to be willing to share who you are and your story.
Vanessa Williams /
Remember
Share
Should
Unique
Willing
Confident
How
Story
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The wiser you get, the more experience you have, and the more you see people for who they are as human beings, as opposed to figures you have to fight against.
Vanessa Williams /
Experience
Figures
Human Beings
Wiser
Fight People See
Experience People See
Against
Beings
Fight
Opposed
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Well, my mom taught public school music for almost 40 years. And she's about 5 feet - and very mighty. And she would control her kids a lot by giving them the eye, or the stare.
Vanessa Williams /
Eye
Feet
Public School
Mighty
Stare
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If you want my Tim Hortons order, I do get the egg and sausage and cheese on a biscuit. One is usually enough. If I'm really feeling greedy, I'll get two. I'll do that with a large coffee.
Vanessa Williams /
Cheese
Coffee
Greedy
Sausage
Egg
Tim
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When Cuba Gooding Jr. and I were doing 'The Trip to Bountiful,' we would always go to BXL, a Belgian restaurant/bar. It was across the street from the theater, and they have amazing mussels.
Vanessa Williams /
Cuba
Trip
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It's not like I refuse to try roles other than being a strong female boss, but I am 54, and I'm happy I'm still being sought after and that I have a career that allows me a lot of creativity.
Vanessa Williams /
Strong Female
Boss I Am Me
Sought
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I believe it's important to use my influence for a good cause, helping to reach millions of consumers who suffer from eye irritation, which made working with Clear Eyes feel like a natural fit.
Vanessa Williams /
Consumers
Irritation
Good Cause
Suffer
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I am lucky to have three daughters who are completely different. I look at my daughters and I have different relationships with all three and there are parts of each personality that are very special.
Vanessa Williams /
Lucky
Special
Daughters
Parts
Relationships
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I've got a yoga instructor and a trainer. I just started a heavy-bag class, which is like boxing and cardio, and I salsa dance with my girlfriends. I try to do something every day. Continually exercising is natural for us.
Vanessa Williams /
Boxing
Cardio
Continually
Exercising
Girlfriends
Day Every Day Dance
Instructor
Trainer
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My parents were always supportive. They didn't say, 'Get a real job.' They believed in the arts, and they prepared me to be skilled. I'm lucky I can drop into these worlds - into a studio or onto a set or go on stage - and feel comfortable.
Vanessa Williams /
Comfortable
Prepared
Stage
Supportive
Always Me Feel
Arts
Believed
Drop
Me Parents Feel
Get A Real
Onto
Studio
Real Job
Skilled
Worlds
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Both my parents were educators, so interviews and college applications and shaking hands and looking people in the eye and feeling confident and knowing what you can bring to any project or audition - I've known about these things my entire life.
Vanessa Williams /
Shaking
Applications
Audition
Both My Parents
Educators
Entire Life
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What makes characters so interesting when you're an actor or a dancer is to watch and observe how people walk and move and speak. Are they cat-like? Are they walrus-like? Why does that person bother me, and why do I think they are the way they are?
Vanessa Williams /
Bother
Walk Me People
Observe
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Whether it's your family, friends, community that you connect with, don't be afraid to reach out. That's my biggest advice that I can say for anyone going through any kind of obstacle or trials or tribulations. Don't be afraid to reach out and ask questions. Ask for help, because you never know where you'll find it.
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Family
Friends
Advice
Community
Trials
Ask
Family Community Your
Afraid
Anyone
Questions
Biggest
Connect
Help
Obstacle
Reach
Tribulations
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I think there's a time to work, and everyone has to kind of adjust. And then there's a time to relax, and be the mom or take the kids on vacation when you need to wind down. So it's a matter of planning, and being able to map out your year or your week or let's start with the day. It is just being multi-tasking and being available.
Vanessa Williams /
Vacation
Available
Planning
Relax
Wind
Time Work Mom
Adjust
Work Time Mom
Map
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