Marla Gibbs Quotes

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• I never thought I was a great mom. I always worked. I fell in love with my children as they got older.
• You cheat yourself when you don't do what it is you're supposed to do. You have an obligation to learn everything that you can.
• Jazz, of course, is our heritage. Jazz is a culture, it's not a fad. It's up to us to see to it that it stays…
• The reason most of the children are having problems in any inner-city neighborhood is because they don't see enough positive role models in their own…
• After 20 years of doing comedy, I find dramatic work more challenging.
• As soon as I finish one thing, there's always something else on the horizon I want to do. I don't have any intention of retiring…
• I grew up weird - very sensitive and highly inhibited. I felt like I was born in the wrong time zone to the wrong people…
• I mean, if cans can be recycled, why not spirits?
• I'll tell you, I'm loving everything Betty White's doing. She's 90!
• Nothing is out of our realm, because it has nothing to do with color. As black people, we're not different from anyone else, other than…
• There's always something we can complain about. We're all one. Things could always be better, but things could always be worse.
• We've got to know our history. We have to be able to bring our children to a place that they can be proud of.
• Everything must change and you do what you can with the changes that are made. You can't stop it. You can't fight it. Everybody tries…
• Science of mind teaches you how to realize how much control you have over your own life. It teaches you that we have the ability…
• The Lord put me on television to do these things I want to do in the community. And He knew I had a lot to…
• I truly believe that everything that we do and everyone that we meet is put in our path for a purpose. There are no accidents;…
• In my life I've learned that true happiness comes from giving. Helping others along the way makes you evaluate who you are. I think that…
• Dave Chappelle asked me to come do his show. I read the script, and I said, 'Has he lost his mind?'
• When I get on a plane these days, I go first class.

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