Jenifer Lewis Quotes
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It's a shame in a way that people come and go with one album.
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There are a lot of films that are drug dramas, and we didn't want to tell Scarface again.
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I don't ever remember a single day of hopelessness. I knew from the history of the labor movement, especially of the black people, that it was an undertaking of great trial. That, live or die, I had to stick with it, and we had to win.
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To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.
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The Constitution in all its provisions looks to an indestructible union disposed of indestructible States.
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I know I said I wanted to live forever and I would never be bored, but the reality is, it's probably kind of sad to live forever if you're the only one sticking around.
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Passive fatalism can never be the role of a revolutionary party, like the Social Democracy.
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Your man Daddy Yankee, some black and white people who know what's going on in the 'hood and the clubs are supporting him and loving him. But he's speaking Spanish, and he's speaking directly to the Latino people, and the people who know the language really dig it.
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Art is to me the glorification of the human spirit, and as such it is the cultural documentation of the time in which it is produced.
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I don't like it when a woman looks like a fashion victim.
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Democracy presumes that we're all created equal; competition proves we are not, or else every race would end in a tie.
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To expect for me to be one-way every time you see me is to expect me to be a one-dimensional man, which I've never been. I've always applauded my efforts to be diverse and multi-faceted.
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I still think of myself really as a New Yorker.
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At home, I dedicate occasional whole days to reading as if I'm a convalescent. The ideal place for this is the bath, where the body floats free. Books go a little wavy, but they're mine, so who cares.
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Rob Neill has a deep appreciation for the law and the role it can play in the lives of families. Rob's sincere desire to serve and his impressive experience will make him the kind of judge who will change lives and impact families in a positive way.
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There's no way to know the motives of another person totally, even a person that you know very well.
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I'm at a loss for words. But even my loss is amplified.
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I acted in high school and studied at the British American Drama Academy in Oxford for one summer. I minored in theater, and I was always acting growing up and stuff, but really, I was just more interested in the comedy of it all. So for me, it's always comedy, and then acting is just one medium of comedy.
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My family has reduced the effect of my career on my self-esteem. When I'm with them, they make me feel special regardless of how I play.
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Because our ancestors lived in social groups that changed slowly, because they encountered the same people throughout their lives, they could keep almost every social detail they needed to know in their heads.
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When you're doing a car chase movie, you're sitting in car waiting for places or grips or stuff for quite a while.
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I've never wanted to use my age as a gimmick, as something that would get me ahead of other people. I've wanted the music to do that.
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You never know when you start a project just how good it can be.
