Phoebe Robinson Quotes
Not going to lie: when I heard that Toni Braxton's sister, Tamar, wanted to have a music career, I was skeptical. I know she sang backup for Toni and is a great reality-TV star, but being a musician is a whole 'nother league. Well, Tamar proved me wrong.
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I always focused on being an actor. I did stand-up briefly, but I also did a lot of dramatic work. But since I've been on 'The Daily Show,' people think I'm a comedian. That's not how I see myself.
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Jim Carrey and my dad were best friends. He would always be in my house and stuff like that.
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I'm an old-fashioned girl, and I didn't believe in living with people, so I guess I married for the wrong reasons at times.
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I don't look at myself as suffering.
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I am only about winning and getting better.
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I would say Hope Solo is competitive.
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The military executes policy decisions.
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Be your true self. Because if you're not, there are consequences to be paid.
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Maurice was a silly man. Maurice liked being silly.
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In Hinduism, conscience, reason and independent thinking have no scope for development.
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I have me. I have God. I have my son. Everything else is extra.
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So many people in their 20s and 30s, on Twitter, say 'Please write something for us,' so I have to listen to them, they're my audience.
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We can't go all over the world killing people because we disagree with them.
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I regard sports first and foremost as entertainment, so dry documentary narration is not for me.
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It is always the best policy to speak the truth, unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar.
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Any actress will tell you - it's really hard. If you're not an A-list Hollywood movie star, if you're in the middle, there are people who assume you wouldn't do certain things without even asking you, when actually you probably would. And there are people who always think you are busy doing something else.
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I'm trying to make music a sensual expression, not an academic experiment.
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One of the great things personally coming to Hawai'i is my friendship of Jim Nicholson.
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Not going to lie: when I heard that Toni Braxton's sister, Tamar, wanted to have a music career, I was skeptical. I know she sang backup for Toni and is a great reality-TV star, but being a musician is a whole 'nother league. Well, Tamar proved me wrong.
