Pearl Cleage Quotes
I think that theater is a unique way to communicate with people as they gather together with other people they may not even know. It creates a sense of shared community for the time of the performance that hopefully carries over into other aspects of the audience's life because they have shared this experience together.
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In terms of people that I know, my grandmother and my mother are huge influences on my writing life because they are both massively supportive and always have been of my career.
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I'm a Ninja. I'm not scared of death.
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I propose a Constitutional Amendment providing that, if any public official, elected or appointed, at any level of government, is caught lying to any member of the public for any reason, the punishment shall be death by public hanging.
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In my experience, I think there's must ado about fidelity and infidelity. I think sometimes true emotional relationships can go beyond those.
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She knew what all smart women knew: Laughter made you live better and longer.
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Now, everybody knows my music. So that's really cool. A lot of kids know it. Now, when I go to a sports game, everybody knows my name.
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I just love France, I love French people, I love the French language, I love French food. I love their mentality. I just feel like it's me. I'm very French.
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You know, I was a community activist, so I'm used to standing out in front of an elected official's office and protesting.
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We are born believing. A man bears beliefs as a tree bears apples.
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World War II has always been of great interest to me. I've known for decades that it was just one more war the politicians suckered us into.
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I have to accept the fact that, no matter what I do, it's going to annoy someone.
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I'm sure my father had more to do with my career than I would like to give him credit for. I would love to think it was all me!
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Never thought acting was something you could make a living at. It wasn't until I was in college, and got a lead in a play, that I began to realize I might just be able to blunder into this profession.
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It's an individual sport; you want to do well for yourself.
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There are 10 men in me and I do not know or understand one of them.
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The only questions that really matter are the ones you ask yourself.
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I've been saying for years that readers want inexpensive ebooks.
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We have plenty of technologies we could use to destroy the planet, and we don't. There's more love on this planet than hate; there's more creativity than destructive power.
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I wonder now how tough you have to be to get big things done.
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I am always trying to put myself inside: Every dress I do, I think, 'If I were a woman, would I wear it?'
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I guess I watch movies to make myself happier a lot.
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I'm no good at breakin' off with people.
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I leave this life with no regrets. It was a wonderful life - full and complete with the great loves and great endeavors that make it worth living.
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I think that theater is a unique way to communicate with people as they gather together with other people they may not even know. It creates a sense of shared community for the time of the performance that hopefully carries over into other aspects of the audience's life because they have shared this experience together.
