Cherrie Moraga Quotes
In 1984, I turned to theater in the hopes of finding a more direct form of communication between me and my people.
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The point is to change one's life. The point is not to give some vent to the emotions that have been destroying one; the point is so to act that one can master them now.
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It's really important to me that my sound is a combination of beats and melody. I love hearing strong, confident beats in music because I love to dance. At the same time, melody is really important to me because I love singing.
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No matter what message you are about to deliver somewhere, whether it is holding out a hand of friendship, or making clear that you disapprove of something, is the fact that the person sitting across the table is a human being, so the goal is to always establish common ground.
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Every group has its idiosyncrasies, but at a certain point we all are human.
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I don't have a great instrument. I don't have the kind of ungodly control over my voice and body that great actors have. And I've worked with enough great actors to know that I'm not one.
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I get cast as a lot of sympathetic characters. I'd like to play someone really unpleasant.
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I've been playing old parts forever. I play 93 quite often. When you've done it more than once, you take the hint. I think it's a great burden if you're one of those fantastic stars who've always been beautiful; then I think it's hard.
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I have now exactly the same weight I had when I was 18, 20.
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Age is just a number. If someone can perform at 45, who will stop that fellow from playing top-level cricket?
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I think a smart person today realizes that you have to be part of the art films that are done just for the sake of the art.
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Conor McGregor is a tough competitor. He proved throughout the years in the UFC that he can fight standing up.
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Effective preaching starts with loving the people we're preaching to.
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Still, records are documents of a period of time. Most records are documents of two or three years, and I just approached it as a record I was doing over a 20-year period of time.
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I could imagine actually being a scientist or a detective, but not a detective who puts his hands into gory, bloody things. But more like someone who figures things out. I like to figure things out.
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There is a kind of structure for a story that was peculiarly compelling for the radio. I thought I had invented it atom-by-atom sitting in an editing booth in Washington on M Street when I was in my 20s. Then I found out that it is one of the oldest forms of telling a story - it was the structure of a sermon.
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I began directing episodes, which was a great light every couple of months. We never short-changed our audience, but it became something that you had to work at rather than something that was a pleasure.
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It only looks like I get to eat a lot of food on TV. I really just get the one bite and the crew and guests eat everything else.
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I love acting. I do it as a hobby. If I was able to have that as a career... Hopefully the fashion thing is a stepping-stone. I was so worried when I started modeling that it would hinder my chances of acting.
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The cool thing about dope black style becoming in style is that the industry has no choice but to try and reduplicate that.
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I know if I were to drop dead now, people would probably write nice things in the obit.
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Dating is a numbers game. What we try to promise is good first dates. Once that first date happens, it's really up to you.
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One of my assets is my fitness. My fitness around the net and my movement: that's my defense to the power.
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Knowing there is a capable back-up willing to give it a try always makes you feel better.
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In 1984, I turned to theater in the hopes of finding a more direct form of communication between me and my people.
