Phylicia Rashad Quotes
Every role affords me something different in the way of understanding, and that's really why you take these roles, not to show that thing that people talk about of showing what you can do - that has nothing to do with anything.
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I wanted my children to have the same exposure to the water I had. My strongest memories of Northeast Harbor are going in a small Whaler with my dad, looking for osprey.
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Gym Class is a band I am more directly involved with than any other band except for Fall Out Boy.
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I know every politician spins the truth a little.
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The colonel replied that he didn't care how my men had got the job done. He was happy that it had been accomplished. He said that, obviously, no matter how much or how little I knew technically, I was able to get the best out of people I worked with.
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Whenever my body heals and the pain and all the swelling goes away is when I'll be ready.
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In those days, even as a boy, I watched some people that I knew were living way beyond their means.
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Reverence is fatal to literature.
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I'm not a Man U fan at all, but I can't get enough of Rooney. What a joy to watch!
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I'll tell you what's helped me my entire life. I look at baseball as a game. It's something where people can go out, enjoy and have fun. Nothing more.
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I have been afraid of guns, I have sworn I would never use a gun on another person and so did not need one, and I have wanted to deny the existence of evil.
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As long as you understand that you find happiness through family, friends and love, then money is just a nice bonus.
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And my friends, you ain't seen nothin' yet.
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The European Union will never see America, or an American president, as a risk.
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I can't remember writing any of the songs that I've written.
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Watching game film motivates me a lot. It shows me what I need to work on and determines the specific workouts I do.
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I've approached every character I've ever played with a poem, first and foremost.
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I don't talk about political matters. That's not my department.
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Some artists are working to buy the mansion or whatever the element of fame must bear, but I spend all my money on my show.
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Obviously, doing TV and doing theater are completely different because they're two totally different mediums. On stage, you worry about your voice and how you move physically. On TV, something like an eye twitch is what they could be looking for from you because it's so contained.
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Young people: I understand this is important to you, but as you be thinking about climate change, the economy and jobs, war and peace, maybe way at the bottom you should be thinking about marijuana.
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It's well known there's always two sides, if no more.
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I'm always surprised when large numbers of people buy my books.
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I have been an unabashed fan of NPR for many years, and have stolen untold excellent ideas from its programming.
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Every role affords me something different in the way of understanding, and that's really why you take these roles, not to show that thing that people talk about of showing what you can do - that has nothing to do with anything.
