Dayo Okeniyi Quotes
I was born to a Nigerian dad and a Kenyan mom, and coming to the States was really academic.
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I like 'The Nightly Show.' People ask me what it is, and I say, 'If you're watching 'The Daily Show,' and it feels like it's getting a little darker, you're probably watching 'The Nightly Show.''
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The Internet has turned the world into one gigantic linked community, capable of instantly sharing vast amounts of incorrect information.
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I've personally backed off from direct political involvement.
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I'd like to think a baseball picture is somewhere in my future.
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The family is the school of duties - founded on love.
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If I go into the place in myself that is love, and you go into the place in yourself that is love, we are together in love. Then you and I are truly in love, the state of being love. That's the entrance to Oneness. That's the space I entered when I met my guru.
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Like the old Italian saying goes, 'It ain't rocket surgery.'
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There are so many figures in our history that did not believe they could make a change, and they did.
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In Hollywood they're getting younger, but believe me, it's not the food. It's the plastic surgery.
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If I'm elected president, we will repeal every word of Obamacare.
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There's something so great about being with your nephew and, when you're tired, just handing him off back to your sister.
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Although the French were very friendly and helpful. On one location we were to film at the top of the Eiffel Tower but we couldn't, as it was so misty with four inches of snow on the ground. We couldn't see a thing but we finally got it done.
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But acting just sort of happened and I found that I loved it. It was such a challenge.
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It's always good to be known. You want to build your brand up, want to build your name.
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When mom and dad were at the height of their careers, and things were super-crazy, and they couldn't leave their houses, there wasn't social media. It was all about autographs. Now, everyone's the press. I feel fame is perforated: it can be glorious, but it can completely destroy a human, too.
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Well, put it like this, if you're not a kid, you're a wizard.
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I like to play a strong woman, but a strong woman can also be very fragile and vulnerable at the same time.
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I had people at Perrysburg High School in my life in Perrysburg who believed in me and told me I could do anything I wanted too, and I foolishly believed them.
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I love shows about creating and cooking. Sometimes they're so extraordinary, you end up setting yourself to fail.
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My cousin in Louisiana started a small company with a little savings, renovating houses. A single mom, she saved enough to buy a home and provide child care for her son. When the economy went belly up, so did her company. She was forced to sell her home and move in with her parents.
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I was addicted to the original 'Star Trek' when I was growing up, because of my dad. We grew up in St. Helens, Oregon and we weren't allowed to watch a lot of TV.
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I get a lot of people telling me that I'd make a good 'wacky neighbor.' I wouldn't mind that, if it was a starting-off point.
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I was born to a Nigerian dad and a Kenyan mom, and coming to the States was really academic.
