Jamie Foxx (Eric Marlon Bishop) Quotes
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Individual science fiction stories may seem as trivial as ever to the blinder critics and philosophers of today - but the core of science fiction, its essence has become crucial to our salvation if we are to be saved at all.
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That's what I love about our music - it'll never be a hit because you can't dance to it.
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As a novelist, I ask of myself only that I tell the truth and that I tell it beautifully.
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Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.
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Like many writers, I started by writing short stories. I needed to learn how to write and stories are the most practical way to do this, and less soul-destroying than working your way through a lengthy novel and then discovering it's rubbish.
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I like to play poker. I have a nice poker group that's been going on for years.
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I was riding my mountain bike in Colorado, and I met a dog who reminded me so much of my very first dog, in the way she interacted with me, looked at me, and wagged her tail, that I rode away convinced I'd just very possibly met the reincarnated version of my long lost friend.
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That's always the trick with the sequels, is how much do you repeat from the first one. Because we all get bummed out when you go see a sequel and it's beat for beat.
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I always knew I wanted to make my own way; I never wanted to be dependent on my father.
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I know people think that a lot of sports stars are a little bit up themselves, but they all have their heroes, too.
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I was always telling my family I wanted to become an actress, and I did.
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Self esteem is the reputation we acquire with ourselves.
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Actor's life is very long.
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One of the ways the North Korea regime has kept power is by keeping its people ignorant of the living standards in the outside world. That's the underlying lie that supports the regime - not that their country is 'normal' but that they are better off.
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I had a passport where I wrote 'artist' under 'occupation' and I remember thinking, 'That's it, it's proved!'
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I do a medley of hymns in all of my sets, whether I'm in an arena, in a theater, in an amusement park.
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My friends tease me about the fact that if someone seems bad or shady or like they have a secret, I find them incredibly interesting.
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I think what I've learned out of this lifetime is you should be proud of where you come from.
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I'm glad I was never an heiress.
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Turkey will not let Turkish territory or airspace be used in any activity that could harm the security or safety of Syria.
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Bodybuilders party a lot, and once, in Gold's — the gym in Venice, California, where all the top guys train — there was a black girl who came out naked. Everybody jumped on her and took her upstairs, where we all got together.
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The administration does not agree with those who suggest we should deploy hundreds of thousands of American troops to engage militarily in a ground war in Iraq.
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As black folks we're always sensitive. As a black person it's always racial.
