Dennis Cardoza Quotes
As an adoptive parent myself of foster children, I have seen firsthand the glaring problems of the system currently facing this Nation.
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When I was going through puberty, I had all these feelings of being unstable through those years, and being uncontrollably drawn to things of beauty and things that are bad.
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It seems to me that trying to live without friends is like milking a bear to get cream for your morning coffee. It is a whole lot of trouble, and then not worth much after you get it.
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I don't care whether people like me or dislike me. I'm not on earth to win a popularity contest. I'm here to be the best human being I possibly can be.
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My house looks like it was decorated by a 14-year old with a platinum American Express card.
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I was myself brought up with my brother, whose name was Matthias, for he was my own brother, by both father and mother; and I made mighty proficiency in the improvements of my learning, and appeared to have both a great memory and understanding.
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Gospel music rhythms are not African in origin, although I know that's what the jazz experts say.
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By trade, I am a software programmer, so I never really had any experience with movies before. I started out with 'Paranormal Activity.'
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I did not want to be the best black man of the year; I wanted to be the best man of the year.
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You gotta take care of the people that are part of the foundation. If you don't, it crumbles.
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Disease and ill health are caused largely by damage at the molecular and cellular level, yet today's surgical tools are too large to deal with that kind of problem.
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I'm an actor, so I am always scared. You never know if you are on vacation or that you have been retired and they just didn't tell you.
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I'm a child of the Sixties.
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My mom was on welfare and the occasional food stamp, but I have never participated in any of those governmental programs, even the ones that kind of work like education, scholarships and whatever, and I managed to do just fine.
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I like second chances. I've given people second chances. You have fall-outs with friends, and forgiveness is a great thing to have. It's not easy to forgive. I definitely don't forget, but I do forgive.
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When you watch 'Ray Donovan,' you think that it's about Hollywood, about scandal, about stars, and about trying to keep secrets. That's true, but that's also just the means by which you reveal secrets of the people suffering every day life.
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In my eyes, there's no one better than Stevie Wonder. He's a top dude.
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It is not enough for me to ask question; I want to know how to answer the one question that seems to encompass everything I face: What am I here for?
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You want entertainment in general, every aspect of it, to be more of a reflection of the diverse world that we live in.
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Let's treat this country first and foremost.
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I became deaf when I was 18 months old. And I learned to sign when I was 5 years old.
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From my perspective, I think the question of how we build a better future is an extremely important overarching question, and I think it's become obscured from us because we no longer think it's possible to have a meaningful conversation about the future.
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Men for whom divorce means walking out of their children’s lives except when they choose to see the children are the male equivalent of the adolescent feminists: men who want options without obligations. Morally, they have no right to walk out. A law that allows that is similarly immoral. 'Primary Parent' laws are just such laws.
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As an adoptive parent myself of foster children, I have seen firsthand the glaring problems of the system currently facing this Nation.
