Charlie Sifford Quotes
I believe there's - now, don't get me wrong; I'm not prejudiced - there's some white people in this country who'll never accept the black man as a golfer. That's true.
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I've always really been interested in the Pygmalion myth and both what it has to say about creativity and what it has to say about relationships between men and women.
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Even if you walk exactly the same route each time - as with a sonnet - the events along the route cannot be imagined to be the same from day to day, as the poet's health, sight, his anticipations, moods, fears, thoughts cannot be the same.
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A couple of times, I felt like I was cracking and I couldn't go on, and God would put another person in my place to help me.
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In terms of people that I know, my grandmother and my mother are huge influences on my writing life because they are both massively supportive and always have been of my career.
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The impact of any particular writer on your own work is hard to discern.
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For me, it's actually really hard to write about my real experience. Like to do a Taylor Swift. You know what I mean? It's so brave to actually write about things that happened and things you wanna get off your chest, but I'm not really there yet.
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Some films shouldn't be remade.
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I ain't scared to do another dating show, but I ain't really trying to. I want to do a talk show or something. I've done enough dating on television. I'm ready to spread my wings, and go down other avenues.
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It's really hard for kids nowadays: you can get a decent education, but there are no jobs out there. You worry about how they are ever going to afford to live anywhere.
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It's no secret that I've been reluctant to use my name for things.
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The last few years of my life have been a little like a long ride in a Poop de Ville with the bottom down.
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What is wrong with George Bush? What is his problem?
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I can't deal with someone flashy. That's so not me.
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The difficulty, the ordeal, is to start.
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The power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm until the end of your days.
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I'm an actor, paid to act. I don't bring personal problems to the sets. Dad taught me that.
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At the height of the British Empire very few English novels were written that dealt with British power. It's extraordinary that at the moment in which England was the global superpower the subject of British power appeared not to interest most writers.
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Love is reaching out to try to get to the other person.
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Work is the price which is paid for reputation.
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My dream was to have my own advertising agency by the time I was 30, and that was before I got into movies.
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The government was built on compromising. And it's frustrating as hell.
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I have very fond memories of the '80s; they were very formative years for me. I certainly remember the Cold War. It was a closer doorstep for the Brits than the Americans, so it was a very real and palpable threat at the time.
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I'm very proud of my sister and protective of her. Solange is the one person I will fight for. Don't talk about my sister; don't play with me about my sister. If you do, you'll see another side of me. I admire her, and though she's five years younger than me, I strive to be like her. She's so smart and secure. She's sensitive to people's feelings, but not afraid of what they think.
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I believe there's - now, don't get me wrong; I'm not prejudiced - there's some white people in this country who'll never accept the black man as a golfer. That's true.
