Dawn Angeliqué Richard (Dawn Richard) Quotes
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A lot of guys try to mingle with me because of who I am. If I encounter a guy with a clean heart, I will go by my instincts. I guess my man won't be from the film industry.
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I was so young, and making movies, going to the studio every morning at dawn was magic.
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The father figure doesn't impress me. I have a very friendly relationship with my father, but that wasn't always the case. My mother had custody, and I only saw him every other weekend. I never knew him well enough for him to inspire me.
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I didn't volunteer; they asked me. I felt a duty to testify.
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There's a great tradition in storytelling that's thousands of years old, telling stories about kings and their palaces, and that's really what I wanted to do.
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At present there is no distinction among the upper ten thousand of the city.
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For me beauty is valued more than anything - the beauty that is manifest in a curved line or in an act of creativity.
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To dissociate politicians from capitalists is slightly disingenuous, to put it mildly. U.S. lawmakers are competitive and auction themselves to the highest bidder via the lobby system.
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I wanted to get out in the world, have a great job, make my mark, and see how far I could go. And I wanted to make good on the philosophy my mother drilled into us with all the subtlety of a Lady Gaga performance. I got it loud and clear. I would need to succeed, and then I could possibly be happy.
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Thou shalt free thyself from convention, from everyday morality.
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On 24 August 1939, as an officer in the reserve, I had to join my regiment in Potsdam.
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All we have is our vote. But it's powerful.
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Laws and customs may be creative of vice; and should be therefore perpetually under process of observation and correction: but laws and customs cannot be creative of virtue: they may encourage and help to preserve it; but they cannot originate it.
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Our everyday lives are filled with complex decisions. We long for simplicity and ordinariness.
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It has been a long while since the United States had any imperialistic designs toward the outside world. But we have practised within our own boundaries something that amounts to race imperialism.
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I've never been with a losing team in my life, and I don't think I'll start now.
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So from an actor's perspective, you really have no idea how you're acting.
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I am much more productive late at night because I have no one to look to for entertainment aside from myself.
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By the way, for the kids at home, Santa just is white, but this person is arguing that maybe we should also have a black Santa. Santa is what he is, and just so you know, we're just debating this because someone wrote about it, kids.
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You can't get anywhere without the people who have come into your life.
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Ultimately, we're actors: I'm putting on a costume, so we're playing pretend.
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By labor and intent study (which I take to be my portion in this life), joined with the strong propensity of nature, I might perhaps leave something so written to after-times, as they should not willingly let it die.
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I'm not a very open person.
