Blair Underwood Quotes
When I doing dinner theater in high school, I was talking to a woman who had been in the business for a while and I said I want to act, that's all I want to do with my life and she said if you're serious then you need to hone every discipline you can.

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We're all concerned about sports rights being so expensive. Obviously, we are funded by the licence fee payers, so it's not always easy to compete with those who can get greater revenue.
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The networks are not some chicken-coop manufacturing lobby whose calls nobody returns.
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The thing about travelling is that you work hard and play hard, but you can do all those things without your parents knowing.
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Bigotry toward any faith community cannot have any place in civilized society anywhere in the world.
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Celine Dion is my major inspiration.
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I'm not on Twitter, and I don't read the papers day to day, so I am somewhat protected. There's this weird separation between your private and public persona.
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Religious fundamentalists in Bangladesh have always argued for a ban on my books.
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I'm the Ali of today. I'm the Marvin Gaye of today. I'm the Bob Marley of today. I'm the Martin Luther King, or all the other greats that have come before us. And a lot of people are starting to realise that now.
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When budget cuts happen - which has been happening a lot in this country - after-school athletics and after-school music are some of the first things to go.
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That's why I talk about the breast cancer: because I want women - and everyone - to stay on top of things and get checked. I know how scary it can be. When I dealt with it, I was like, 'Oh my God.' And I have so many other friends who have gone through it or have suffered a loss.
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If we want to create a viable, peaceful world, we've got to integrate compassion into the gritty realities of 21st century life.
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My family runs a little art gallery back in Cornwall, so flashy cars and things like that have never really been particularly interesting to me.
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One can be a great poet and be politically stupid.
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God has taken care of me, and mother dear has taken care of me, too. All my life.
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Choosing a spouse with religion in mind is not always a mistake, especially if your heritage and your faith are important parts of who you are. The trick is, as always, to recognize a good thing when you see it - and never mistake the bad for something more.
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What's more important to 'SNL': comedy or buzz? To the writers, players and guest hosts, it's probably the former; to Lorne Michaels and the suits at NBC, it's ultimately probably the latter.
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Old age and sickness bring out the essential characteristics of a man.
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We were making new ones the second year. We were in syndication the second year. So we were on Saturday nights, prime time, every morning, and then they put it on Sunday evenings too. So it was all over the place.
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When I'm performing music, it's like I'm doing a big improv.
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The history of Christianity, therefore, must be of concern to all who are interested in the record of man and particularly to all who seek to understand the contemporary human scene.
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I have talked to stunt drivers all my life, 32 years of talking to stunt drivers. There's a craziness to them.
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I really do believe that anything in life - any obstacle or challenge - can be made better with humor.
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My best hostess tip is to have good food and really good music!
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When I doing dinner theater in high school, I was talking to a woman who had been in the business for a while and I said I want to act, that's all I want to do with my life and she said if you're serious then you need to hone every discipline you can.