Phylicia Rashad Quotes
Acting's not about nose jobs and liposuction. It's about being truthful to what you're doing.
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As there is in Germany - as well as in Russia and Italy - no art which is not approved of by the government, any criticizing remark about the present policy made by me would easily be taken as a hostile act. I cannot have my name put up against an official report from Germany without risking very unpleasant consequences.
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I hear these melodies. I hear horn lines and string lines. That's what's fun about recording with an orchestra.
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No matter what happens, tennis is still tennis: You can see a lot of great matches, a lot of new people.
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To appreciate present conditions, collate them with those of antiquity.
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This could never be a crime in any society which deems himself enlightened.
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I've been a ballerina since I was two, but I've always wanted to be an actress.
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The American 'unum' has been lost since the Sixties. If this continues, there will soon be no unifying American identity and vision to balance the 'pluribus,' and the days of the Republic will be numbered.
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I'm pretty ruthless about that; I think when you sign over your story, you sign over your story.
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I'm not interested so much in collaboration. You see that from the history of my albums.
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Jews must be able to live with enemies and defend themselves from them. The hatred for Israel has not disappeared.
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'Mr Selfridge' is a lot more accessible than shows like 'Downton.' Everyone knows the store, but not everyone knows the story. Having this store as the backdrop with all of society working under one roof, I think it really captures people's imaginations.
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I love stand-up, but the process of writing is a little more lonely. I want to keep doing both, though.
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I only started singing the Russian roles when I came west.
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I'm not into street clothes. Don't understand it. I don't understand those over-exaggerated jean sizes so they hang off your back... I just don't understand it.
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People are much more loose if you are having fun. I had a basketball player who was really soft-spoken, and then we played Connect Four with him, and he really opened up!
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I respect a lot of players in this league. But to me basketball is just a little aspect of my life. I enjoy the game because it's fun. But it is a game.
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Be thou the rainbow to the storms of life, The evening beam that smiles the clouds away, And tints to-morrow with prophetic ray!
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Where there is most power of feeling, there of martyrs is the greatest martyr.
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There shall be no slavery of the mind.
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People aren't born good or bad. It's the way you live your life that matters and how many people you inspire and empower after you're gone.
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It is ambition enough to be employed as an under-labourer in clearing the ground a little, and removing some of the rubbish that lies in the way to knowledge.
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I was in Iowa one time, and I kept trying to fire up the crowd, and I kept saying, 'How's Ohio doing?' For some reason, they just weren't coming around!
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Cats are anthropomorphised in art because they are so laid back that you automatically attribute human thoughts and feelings to them.
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Acting's not about nose jobs and liposuction. It's about being truthful to what you're doing.
