Jesse L. Martin Quotes
As a child, I was fortunate enough to be close to family members who were - and still are - great storytellers. I was a gullible country boy from Rocky Mount, Virginia, and I believed every folktale they told me, no matter how fantastic.
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It is essential to link enterprises on the basis of objective laws of a socialist economy and legal system.
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It is important to be well read, at least a little bit.
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I can just sense some eyes, some people kinda stare a little bit like they recognize me but don't quite know for sure kinda thing.
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When history is erased, people's moral values are also erased.
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Iowa has sent notice that the Republican nominee for the next president of the United States will not be chosen by the media. Will not be chosen by the Washington establishment. Will not be chosen by the lobbyists. But will be chosen by the most incredible powerful force, where all sovereignty resides in our nation by we the people.
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I have a general sense of mission, and I intuitively know when something is influencing that mission. I think this is what I'm supposed to be doing. Doors keep opening. In the end, it's the best use of my skills. I've finally consented to the idea that I'm an artist.
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I was a gymnast when I was little, like 8, 9, 10.
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I really bonded with my mom, growing up, through our love of horror movies!
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For the first six months of my stand-up career, I was talking like Danny Dyer. I was doing a lot of 'alright guvnors?' It wasn't true to who I was.
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For 11 years, I was mayor of Tirana, our capital. We faced many challenges. Art was part of the answer, and my name, in the very beginning, was linked with two things: demolition of illegal constructions in order to get public space back, and use of colors in order to revive the hope that had been lost in my city.
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I was a boy with one dream and one dream only: I wanted - no, strike that, I was desperate for - a room of my own. You see, in those days I shared a room with my little brother, Jesse, and it wasn't pretty. He was the Oscar to my Felix: messy, careless, and just a little bit sticky - exactly the way a kindergartner is supposed to be.
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I've had a good life, and was born to and among people I've admired and loved.
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From lies to forgeries the step is not so long, and I have written technical essays on the logic of forgeries and on the influence of forgeries on history.
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My brother is really, really slow.
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Acting is not acting. It isn't putting on a face and dancing around in a mask. It's believing that you are that character and playing him as if it were a normal day in the life of that character.
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If I am in London I like a quick get away to The Olde Bell in Hurley... It's nearby and no stress - great food and beautiful walks.
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I have a huge passion for animals and while retirement is a long way off, when I do I would love to do something with animals.
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I've got that Beethoven energy, that Stravinsky energy. And it's all a gift from the Creator.
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We need discernment in what we see and what we hear and what we believe.
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It is important that when we rebuild this historic city that we consider the safety of the citizens first.
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Generally, I get bad reviews in Turkey.
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The dialysis is to wash my blood, to keep my kidneys functioning.
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India-Seychelles relations have been characterized by close friendship, understanding and cooperation.
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As a child, I was fortunate enough to be close to family members who were - and still are - great storytellers. I was a gullible country boy from Rocky Mount, Virginia, and I believed every folktale they told me, no matter how fantastic.
