Jamie Foxx (Eric Marlon Bishop) Quotes
I had that upbringing. Of watching 'Bonanza,' watching 'Hee Haw,' which both black and white would watch. I rode horses. I did gun spinning as a kid. I do these things.
Quotes to Explore
-
I think I would encourage leaders to start working with communities in order to inoculate angry, young teenagers.
-
A lot of actors in my age bracket look at being still standing as pretty good.
-
Every director bites the hand that lays the golden egg.
-
Brands like Starbucks came along and talked about their brand as itself being a community, the idea that Starbucks is what they like to call a 'third place,' which is not their idea; it's the idea of basic citizenry needing a place that is not work, that is not home, where citizens gather.
-
Our responsibility for BLM lands is multiple-use, meaning a variety of needs and uses.
-
I enjoyed climbing with other people, good friends, but I did quite a lot of solo climbing, too.
-
Anyone can make an article longer; the skill is keeping it tight and lean.
-
I came to Berlin not to visit its museums and galleries, its operas, its theaters... but for the sake of seeing and speaking with the world's greatest living man - Alexander von Humboldt.
-
Nancy Reagan was a perfectionist, and I am not.
-
Without understanding yourself, what is the use of trying to understand the world?
-
I think that life in Israel is sometimes bigger than the movies.
-
I know: I am a freakish geek. Or is that a geekish freak?
-
I hate shaving. It's much easier to just do a little stubble, but my wife and daughter like it when I'm clean-shaven. If you see me with a clean face, then you know I'm in the kissing mode!
-
I wasn't an easy, happy-go-lucky girl because I used to think about everything so much, and I think I probably still do.
-
I have many debates now with friends on the changes, and the continuing confusion over bringing up your children, instilling values, letting them make the right choices.
-
Let me make this clear: it is our duty to adopt a policy barring the wearing of niqabs in these public buildings.
-
I was always looking to record, but how much I actually pursued it was another thing. The major labels weren't that interested in me, and the smaller labels didn't have any money to do anything.
-
What is called good society is usually nothing but a mosaic of polished caricatures.
-
We were at the dark end of the L.A. punk scene, and that scene was full-on and violent and aggressive and wild and intense.
-
I think as a whole America is dealing with the issue of homophobia. We got to be really honest about whether we believe in civil rights for all people or not. As Black people we need to remember the moment that we say it's okay to disenfranchise one segment of society, we're opening the door to move backward on ourselves.
-
The success of the long-established relationship between the liberal/socialist/progressives and the Black Talented Tenth has been due to their commonality in commitment to an ideology and self-aggrandizement above all else.
-
I like the way black looks. I think I look better in darker clothes. And maybe the fact that I wear black so much makes me more aware of putting people at ease. The black is sort of the bad-guy guise, so I work overtime to make people comfortable.
-
The first thing I do when I get back to my hometown, San Antonio, is eat Whataburger.
-
I had that upbringing. Of watching 'Bonanza,' watching 'Hee Haw,' which both black and white would watch. I rode horses. I did gun spinning as a kid. I do these things.
