Keith Stanfield Quotes
I think prejudice has gotten to a point where a lot of people hold biases in their mind and don't even realize that they're doing it, because it's deeply ingrained in the fabric of what it means to be an American.
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All I can start with is what moves me and feels like a great challenge as an actor and I think is saying something unusual or irreverent or human - honest in some way.
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I try and spend a lot of time with my kids. I try and have fun with my kids. I try to put father time in there.
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I'm very proud to be a woman - you're part of a tribe. Automatically, you feel connected to another woman when you meet them. That's really special.
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I don't care tuppence whether I'm forced into a leadership position or not. I'd much sooner not.
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Anytime you have a tight race and you lose, it's not pleasant.
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In some communities, I show up, and they say, 'Well, we haven't seen our Democrat congressman in 10 years.'
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Life wasn't about freeing up human souls. It was about creating obedient slaves in the hierarchical construction of the society - with God at the top, then the king and then the father.
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When I was doing all this acting stuff, all these kids, like, assumed, 'Oh, my God, you're on TV, and you probably have a lot of money.' And I was living in a garage.
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I like things simple.
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Sometimes I'm happy - you can tell via Twitter. Sometimes I'm pissed off - you can tell via Twitter. I just think, at the end of the day, I don't want them to see me as a celebrity; I just want them to see me and say, 'He's like a regular person at his job right now who's mad.'
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I love the Royal Family. The Queen, she's fabulous.
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Have you ever watched a crab on the shore crawling backward in search of the Atlantic Ocean, and missing? That's the way the mind of man operates.
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Winning the peace is harder than winning the war.
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With few exceptions, one ought always do what one is afraid of.
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What is wrong with George Bush? What is his problem?
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When I was a kid just starting out on the radio, I would always watch people. And I'd see the interest they'd have in trying to get a photo with an artist or get a ticket stub signed. I guess, to me, that's the ultimate thing – to know that what you've done is important enough to other people that they want to take a picture with you.
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Our soldiers show every single day that they are more than good enough.
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I've been an atheist since I was nine years old. And my mom is really religious, so we have a strange relationship. But if my mother was right, what would be the reason that the gods could let anything bad happen in the world?
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We all recognize that the Mid-east is dissolving into crises, and we know terrorism did not start with 9-11.
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Right now, I'm following the Buddhist principle: Smile as abuse is hurled your way and this too shall pass.
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Death is something inevitable. When a man has done what he considers to be his duty to his people and his country, he can rest in peace. I believe I have made that effort and that is, therefore, why I will sleep for the eternity.
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A lot of people get really seduced by demos of the next display technology. I myself fell under that spell for about 20 years.
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I think prejudice has gotten to a point where a lot of people hold biases in their mind and don't even realize that they're doing it, because it's deeply ingrained in the fabric of what it means to be an American.
