Frankie Faison Quotes
Far too often, I have been accepted or rejected for work because of the color of my skin.
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I'm optimistic about people and about the planet and about nature. I think it's resilient, like people are.
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I think as an actor you're used to having to travel, so wherever the work, is you're willing to go.
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Life is a game. Money is how we keep score.
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The artistic part of us all - I think that the easiest way to appreciate this - is through architecture. Architecture is very impressive; the beauty of buildings, temples.
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You can't embarrass Joss Whedon, he's got no pride! He fully admits it. 'Oh, it's me. I'm little and goofy.' You can't wound his pride. He's too self-deprecating.
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Initial excitement over the announcement that Enbridge was building a pipeline to Kitimat dampened considerably when people discovered that the number of permanent jobs for locals, in the end, would amount to some dock workers.
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The essence of science is independent thinking, hard work, and not equipment. When I got my Nobel Prize, I had spent hardly 200 rupees on my equipment.
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I think about death most of the day, every day. We can't escape death, and choosing to ignore it only makes it more scary.
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We are saved by grace, not by the works of the law. But don't be so quick to write the law off.
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Our company sells about five to six million pounds of sausage a year. We sell it retail and to restaurants. We've got all kinds of products.
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I am proud to have played a small part in ensuring that no veteran's heroic service will be cast aside due to prejudice.
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If we do a little bit of insight into history, how many times have there been people doing hate discourse, blaming everything on a certain group of people. That really is the genesis of genocide, where it kind of sparks.
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I'm not always angry. In fact, I think I usually go out of my way to try to find roles that don't seem to be like me.
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I loved 'Dirty Sexy Money.' That didn't have a long enough shelf life. I would've liked to explore that character and play with that cast longer. That was a lot of fun to shoot.
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Maybe I'm just a slow learner or something, but I like to have things laid out as plainly and simply as possible.
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My childhood was limited to mostly gospel music. We didn't have, like, a lot of records in our house, you know. It was like my grandparents who raised me. They were pretty old-fashioned in their religious ways, so it was like church, church, church, school, school, school.
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Many schools desperately need caring professionals like guidance counselors and social workers to ensure students' emotional, social and educational needs are met. But proposals to arm teachers are irresponsible and dangerous. The role of educators is to teach and nurture our children, not to be armed guards.
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As far as I'm concerned, 'whom' is a word that was invented to make everyone sound like a butler.
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I was five or six when I joined SAG, and Equity I joined when I was nine.
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Well, my husband is supportive of my work, like advocating for dialogue between cultures on YouTube.
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I just think they're really insecure about themselves sometimes. I know all the girls, but we all work a lot and don't have time to hang out together. They're all really nice; I've never had a problem with any model.
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So the darkness shall be the light, and the stillness the dancing.
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Far too often, I have been accepted or rejected for work because of the color of my skin.
