Jodi Benson Quotes
For me, I was able to make that statement of faith early on when my career began, so there weren't really a lot of surprises. People around me knew where my husband Ray and I stood as far as my faith went.
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But we must create in each person a sense of responsibility in order that each one of us can have the right to enjoy all his rights.
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The FHA literally drew up the redlining map and then basically distributed - I'm sorry, the Home Owners' Loan Corporation actually did it, and then distributed to banks who used that as policy to determine how they would lend and who they would lend to. The racism in the system was pervasive and total.
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It's a trifle hard to surprise yourself with a story you've written.
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I work in a very contained environment, usually.
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My most cherished desire is to help our women come out of their routine chores and infuse in them the indefatigable spirit of adventure.
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I've never managed to keep a journal longer than two weeks.
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Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing.
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It's a good thing I don't read everything Eddie says, or I'd be up in arms and not enjoying my life.
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'SVU' is one of my favorite shows. When I got the call to appear and play myself, I jumped at the chance. Obviously, I went over my lines, but playing yourself is a really great way to get your feet wet in the acting field. I enjoyed being on set and learning as much as I could about the scripted world.
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An interview has become such a confrontational thing. It makes you very defensive.
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Sometimes, whether you like it or not, people elevate you. It's real easy to fall.
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People tried to make me something that I wasn't at the beginning of my career.
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I used to draw and make plastic figurines and watch 'Wallace and Gromit' films.
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I think Bush has a very selfish, arrogant point of view. I think he is interested in power, I think he believes his truth is the only truth, and that he will do what he wants to do despite the people.
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The highest percentage of African Americans own their own homes today than ever in our nation's history.
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I used to play all the time. I would play football when it was light and read when it was dark.
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Deep inside, I was hoping I'd win: The competition was tough, but I learned from other's mistakes.
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If you don't like me, don't turn your television on at the holidays, because you won't be able to escape.
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To me, the best projects are the ones where you have a pretty good idea of what the spine of it's gonna be, but then all sorts of things happen that you could've never predicted, and those are the magic moments of the films.
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People are gonna comment no matter what. If I dated the most clean-cut, perfect guy, they're gonna comment. That's just the way it is.
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I'm interested in people with very exceptional world views or realities.
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I've had great opportunities to show different sides of myself, but the challenge will always be getting either people to let you do it or finding the right things to do in order to do it.
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For me, I was able to make that statement of faith early on when my career began, so there weren't really a lot of surprises. People around me knew where my husband Ray and I stood as far as my faith went.
