Denis Shapovalov Quotes
Obviously, it's tough - missing my parents, family in general - but I'm getting used to it. It's the life, and hopefully I'll get some time to go home maybe for a week or a bit to catch up on things.
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I can think of no one that my grandparents knew, that told me stories and that I experienced myself, had any sense of social inferiority growing up in segregated Washington. None whatsoever.
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My style is very inspired by both my parents, so we all have the same taste.
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I used to shop in ASDA all the time. Every now and then I still go in to get a little salad for lunch.
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Even when I get to the point where I am acting and performing, where I want to be with my career, I'm never going to think of anyone as lower than me. Everyone's the celebrity of their own life, you know?
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My parents never pressured me to skate. They always said I could quit if I wanted to. They only expected me to skate when they had already paid for the expensive lessons. But, otherwise they said I could do what I wanted to do.
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When I did 'Boyz N The Hood', I never thought how we grew up in South Central was interesting enough for a movie.
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The wise man knows how to run his life so that contemplation is Possible.
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Red Dust was about the late 1980s; it was a time of burgeoning hopes and opening up and people searching for new ways.
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Our young people look up to us. Let us not let them down. Our young people need us. Saving them will make heroes of us all.
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That's the kind of consumer society we live in. We're always looking for the next product that's going to change your life instead of just going out and changing your life.
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Great players are willing to give up their own personal achievement for the achievement of the group. It enhances everybody.
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I definitely use my music to kind of alleviate my stress and get me through specific moments in time where I'm just being really tough on myself.
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I'm a California girl. I grew up in Inglewood right by LAX.
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I was brought up largely by my grandfather because my father only returned from a prisoner-of-war camp in 1947 and worked in the nearest small town, so I hardly ever saw him.
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Mother had committed me for life. This is where I felt betrayed the most.
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I was so nervous because I was doing my first film. I didn't want to embarrass myself. I'm an incredibly insecure person, and knowing that I had to go on set in next to nothing, it scared me, but at the same time, I knew it would be a challenge to open me up, not only as an actress but as a person.
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I don't think I've had a holiday in my entire life that wasn't about my dad's work.
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I was quite satisfied with my creative life. I've always had reinforcement from a small but devoted readership.
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My heart is as pure as the driven slush.
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Born again?! No, I'm not. Excuse me for getting it right the first time.
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Do you ever wait for the longest day of the year and then miss it? I always wait for the longest day of the year and then miss it!
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It's really fun to get recognized for 'Step Brothers.'
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I am opposed to war, to killing people, to any kind of hatred and violence.
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Obviously, it's tough - missing my parents, family in general - but I'm getting used to it. It's the life, and hopefully I'll get some time to go home maybe for a week or a bit to catch up on things.
