Matt Kemp Quotes
I don't do stuff to be a star. I do it because I feel it's important for kids, African American kids, to see an African American face that plays baseball.
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Nobody is bothered about an institution more than its alumni.
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The important thing is that men should have a purpose in life. It should be something useful, something good.
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I felt giving birth was the most creative act of all my creative acts - literally creation!
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When I was a little kid, I used to watch with my brother when there was Macho Man and Hulk Hogan. But then I fell out of it for a few years.
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It is only human supremacy, which is as unacceptable as racism and sexism, that makes us afraid of being more inclusive.
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My parents are divorced, and seeing that was really painful for me. Really painful for me. But that's also a big part of why I'm intrigued by the dynamics between people – because I was close to something that fell apart.
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When you're shooting a TV show, there's not a lot of time to build character.
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I'm lucky in some ways in that I really don't need more than five or so hours of sleep.
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I have this data bank garbage can in the back of my head that is an emotional collection of events that have occurred in my life.
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I never, by any regard, ever denied any part of my family roots.
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We have agreed with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to cease all acts of violence against the Israelis and against the Palestinians wherever they are. Tranquility and quiet that will be witnessed and in our land, starting today, is the beginning for a new era.
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So I felt, well, I'll make the money and, with the money, do what I want to do.
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I'm an expert on surfing the channels, so I'm always able to find something strange. Or I watch C-Span. I can watch a conference on oceanography, or whatever, for hours.
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I was a pop freak. I love music. Of course, I knew soul because I grew up in it. Writing it and everything. I love soul. But I love a tune that has some meat in it. Something I could hang my hat on. Because music is universal. Therefore, I felt no boundaries.
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Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
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He who indulges in falsehood will find the paths of paradise shut to him.
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Well, I'm an independent person.
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I get why people want to come see me play guitar, but I still don't understand why people want to interview me.
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Education is so important.
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My sisters and I are very hands-on with our collections. I am really passionate about kids' clothes.
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The distance between me and Benny [Goodman], was that I was trying to play a musical thing, and Benny was trying to swing. Benny had great fingers; I'd never deny that. But listen to our two versions of 'Star Dust.' I was playing; he was swinging.
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You want a friend who's going to tell you the truth. That's what it's about. If you don't have a friend who's going to tell you the truth every time something comes up, you feel like he's not a true friend.
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Like one who has eaten and drunk too much and vomits painfully and then feels better, so did the restless man wish he could rid himself with one terrific heave of these pleasures, of these habits of this entirely senseless life.
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I don't do stuff to be a star. I do it because I feel it's important for kids, African American kids, to see an African American face that plays baseball.
