Kenya Barris Quotes
I think that, for so much of our matriculation through American society, black people sort of feel like outsiders.
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I have changed so much as an actor over the years.
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You have to interpret what's hot to make it work on yourself. If tweed suits are in, but you're not a suit kind of girl, wear the jacket with jeans and a pair of Converses.
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Nobody, I think, ought to read poetry, or look at pictures or statues, who cannot find a great deal more in them than the poet or artist has actually expressed. Their highest merit is suggestiveness.
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Nobody should be sent indefinitely into detention; everybody should have their day in court.
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I don't think Bosnia is ready for reconciliation, but I do think it is ready for truth.
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Girls, to me, growing up were very, very petty and didn't want me to succeed and didn't want the best for me.
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I mean, when you're a pioneer and you are at the forefront of an offensive, you're going to be the most optimistic person.
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Our goal is to build this up as a knowledge base that anyone can look at. We're not just interested in people answering their friends' one-off questions.
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Home is most important in the long run.
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I'd started acting as a child. But I wanted to see if it was something my true personality was interested in. I stepped away from offers when I took five years off to go to college. I've only really just decided to whole-heartedly embrace acting.
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I love sailing but hate cruise ships.
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I think that that's so true for a lot of first responder families and military families. If you ask them, 'Is there anything I can do for you?', they almost always will not ask for that help.
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The whole point of the kingdom of God is Jesus has come to bear witness to the true truth, which is nonviolent. When God wants to take charge of the world, he doesn't send in the tanks. He sends in the poor and the meek.
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Here at this site, Solyndra expects to make enough solar panels each year to generate 500 megawatts of electricity. And over the lifetime of this expanded facility, that could be like replacing as many as eight coal-fired power plants.
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In terms of the mechanics of story, myth is an intriguing one because we didn't make myth up; myth is an imprinture of the human condition.
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Our high school didn't have a crew team - we started the crew team.
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There's so many good comedians in D.C. I started hanging out with those guys. Dave Chappelle was there. Actually, Dave was too young to be in the clubs, so when his mom couldn't make it, he would ask me to pretend I was his aunt, so he could do open mike.
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I've been engaged a couple times.
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The problem with working under an outside label is that your music never seems to reach the right people.
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I tell you what. 85 percent of the sportswriters think I'm stupid or a clown or something. They think I'm crazy.
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I give my work to my wife first to read. Then, I try to find new people who haven't read my work before, to get a new perspective.
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Boys, I'm one of those umpires that misses 'em every once in a while so if it's close, you'd better hit it.
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I think that, for so much of our matriculation through American society, black people sort of feel like outsiders.
