David Alan Grier Quotes
I wanted to be a leading man - the black lawyer, the black doctor, the black policeman.David Alan Grier
Quotes to Explore
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It's nice not to be too boring.
Barry Pepper -
We are so blessed to be here in America. We have freedom and opportunity unlike anywhere else in the world.
Dana Perino -
Creating a character and living truthfully through her is a whole different ball game. It's all part of the same person but it's a much newer medium for me.
Taylor Dane -
My first job ever was on 'Peak Practice.' I just had to walk up the stairs. They kept the take where I slipped slightly, which was annoying.
Vicky McClure -
Our leaders must hear us speaking on behalf of our brothers and sisters in South Sudan. If the moral duty to save lives and work toward peace is not compelling enough to drive decision-makers, we must remind them that we care and will hold them accountable.
Forest Whitaker -
I don't want to spoil the magic, but it's a very curious thing that honestly baffles me. It's the nearest we'll ever get to playing God, to suddenly produce these fully formed creatures. It is a bit odd. Other aspects you work out more - you rework sentences, you rework imagery. But not characters.
Kate Atkinson
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I enjoyed climbing with other people, good friends, but I did quite a lot of solo climbing, too.
Edmund Hillary -
I came to Berlin not to visit its museums and galleries, its operas, its theaters... but for the sake of seeing and speaking with the world's greatest living man - Alexander von Humboldt.
Bayard Taylor -
My reasons for declaring a sexual preference had to do less with the pursuit of personal freedom than with the lust for pure shock value.
Lance Loud -
I never wanted to be a millionaire. I just wanted to live like one.
Walter Hagen -
For me, music was the only reason I went to school. I was kind of a street kid, in a lot of trouble committing crimes and stuff. Music gave me something to focus on.
Flea Red Hot Chili Peppers -
Without understanding yourself, what is the use of trying to understand the world?
Ramana Maharshi
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If everybody in this town connected with politics had to leave town because of chasing women and drinking, you would have no government.
Barry Goldwater -
I have visited people whose health has been endangered by tar sands oil. I have watched neighbors struggle to recover from Superstorm Sandy. I have seen solar panels and wind turbines become an increasingly familiar part of the landscape.
Frances Beinecke -
The people must know before they can act, and there is no educator to compare with the press.
Ida B. Wells -
You cannot tailor-make the situations in life but you can tailor-make the attitudes to fit those situations.
Zig Ziglar -
There's a really easy way of just kind of wearing make-up but looking like there's nothing on your face... I'm still not very good at it, and I'm learning slowly.
Cara Delevingne -
What bothers me, I guess, is when I get these messages from girls on Twitter, and they're like, 'God, you're my idol, I really admire you.' It's like, 'Admire me for what? What have I done?' It's not that being in a Burberry campaign, or walking in a Chanel show is nothing. It's just... I know I can do more.
Cara Delevingne
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I like to get up early in the morning and run.
Drake Bell -
When I first became a lawyer, only 2% of the bar was women. People would always think I was a secretary. In those days, professional women in the business world wore hats. So I started wearing hats.
Bella Abzug -
The voice I have now, I got the first time I sang in a movement meeting, after I got out of jail... and I'd never heard it before in my life.
Bernice Johnson Reagon -
I prefer to put myself in an environment that's further afield and look through the eyes of someone who differs from me in age, ethnicity, gender, and/or social class. I think a little displacement makes me a sharper observer.
Amor Towles -
I believe that anyone can be what they want to be; it just comes down to hard work.
Kiesa Rae Ellestad -
I wanted to be a leading man - the black lawyer, the black doctor, the black policeman.
David Alan Grier