Charles S. Dutton Quotes
The thing is, the studio then forget that you're an actor and that you can do other things, and so since they pay you for that, they don't want you to do anything else.
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It's extraordinary what children put up with. I happened to see two of my uncles put my father up against the wall of my grandmother's house and knock his teeth out, because he'd been unpleasant to my mother. The next day I went upstairs and found my father making a rather half-hearted attempt to gas himself.
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As the mother of two daughters, I have great respect for women. And I don't ever want to lose that.
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Don't manage - lead change before you have to.
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It's always fun to immerse yourself in a different time period.
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We're not just going to take some songs from a focus group in Nashville where people are sitting around in a circle having appointments trying to write catchy songs so they can sell them to a band like us.
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The most precious things in speech are pauses.
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You have to decide who you are going to serve - stockholders or your customers.
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Oh, I'm quite the impulse buyer. Most of what I buy is stuff for my Jeep, 'cause it breaks down a lot.
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We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the game.
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Akhenaten's allegedly monotheistic worship of Aten and the more naturalistic art produced during his reign, a revolutionary break from the more formal art of earlier periods, have made him a sympathetic figure to many.
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It's hard to tell what an entire series is going to be based on the first few episodes, or even on the first season. And it's sad because you see great casts and good ideas that don't get that opportunity to grow and show what it could turn into.
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I'm still Christian. I was not raised in a Christian church to hate people. I was taught to love people and accept people. I know what I believe.
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I know I'm not the greatest singer or dancer, but that doesn't interest me. I'm interested in being provocative and pushing people's buttons.
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If we could have seen through the televisions, we would probably have seen many a child grow up.
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What's the difference between a personality disorder and a personality? You know? That's what I wanna know!
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I don't say we all ought to misbehave, but we ought to look as if we could.
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I don't think meals have any business being deductible. I'm for separation of calories and corporations.
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I'm a writer, and I will write what I want to write.
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I grew up in Louisiana. We have red beans and rice, and there's a Popeye's on every corner.
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It's going to take baby steps to see a complete turnaround. But there's been such a positive outcome from seeing it at Fashion Week. Plus-size fashion shows are being more welcomed into Fashion Week, and having more plus-size women in major magazines.
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The coal mining industry is very destructive and it doesn't have to be.
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Dead battles, like dead generals, hold the military mind in their dead grip.
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I am very humble, and I am very gracious and very grateful for everything that happens to me and about me and around me.
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The thing is, the studio then forget that you're an actor and that you can do other things, and so since they pay you for that, they don't want you to do anything else.
