Brian Tyree Henry Quotes
Acting really started for me because I was in a house full of adults. They never shielded their lives from me. They were adults going through this world doing what they had to do. I used to like to watch them and imitate them. They all have their own distinct personalities; even though they're family, we couldn't be more different people.
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A sack is way better than any nightclub. A touchdown is way better than any bar experience I've ever had.
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Law and order are the medicine of the body politic and when the body politic gets sick, medicine must be administered.
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I'd love to see more middle and high school teachers who are not teaching English develop classroom libraries. Our message to kids should be that reading is for everyone.
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On my mother's side, I'm English, so that's where the freckles come from. On my father's side, I'm German, and he has the fantastic olive hues... I was given mum's skin, whereas my brothers and sisters were given my dad's skin. I do tan up quite well, but it takes me a bit longer.
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It's strange but I suppose I'm one of those senior players now and I'll be helping the young players as much as I can.
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This is my favorite area in New York - the West Village is the heart of New York. I could never move somewhere else.
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The road to democracy is rarely smooth, but for Egyptian women, it has been exceptionally bumpy.
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My work was entirely nonfiction.
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Bogart could have been color blind. He got to know a man before he decided if he liked him or not.
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Victorious living does not mean freedom from temptation, nor does it mean freedom from mistakes.
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You've got to really be able to accept the rejection.
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Vin Scully has been my broadcasting idol for a long time. He is so humble - he has the exact same work ethic that he had 65 years ago. His family is what he cares about the most, and at the heart of his whole being is his marriage and kids.
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For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst and provide for it.
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I'm working on my new album right now. Hopefully to get that out at the top of 2005, January 2005.
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Time whizzes by when you have children. They make you aware of the passing of time, but also help keep you young.
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I just don't think men fancy me.
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After the 9/11 incidents, Islam has become a big question mark among westerners, especially Americans. The mass media constantly raise the issue of relationship between Islam and terrorism.
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I go back and forth between indie and studio because I feel like it, not because I feel obligated to do one or the other.
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I'm always listening and watching; my ear is like a boom mike. And judging, frankly. Constantly judging.
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Muslim women can save the world from ISIS.
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My mistakes made were learning how to work with different groups of people. I mean, I went to school at Berkeley, which is a pretty diverse group, but working in a professional setting, I hadn't really done that before and learning about office politics, learning about interactions between different people and I made a lot of mistakes there during my time as a young person. I was 19 or 20 at the time. So, I would say those were my biggest career mistakes, but fortunately they were made in the context of an engineering co-op program and not in a professional field.
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I'd wear any of my private attire for the world to see. But I would rather have an open flesh wound than ever wear a band aid in public.
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Acting really started for me because I was in a house full of adults. They never shielded their lives from me. They were adults going through this world doing what they had to do. I used to like to watch them and imitate them. They all have their own distinct personalities; even though they're family, we couldn't be more different people.
