Byron Allen Quotes
Al Sharpton is not important. He's nothing more than a black pawn in a very sophisticated white economic chess game.
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People don't get through to the essence of you right away - it's always the famous 'girl' or the famous 'girlfriend'. I'd rather be known for myself.
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The years go so fast. I mean, I just realized that at the end of the year I will be twenty-two, and I just turned twenty-one.
Nastassja Kinski -
An efficient government is dangerous in the hands of the wrong man. Sadly, the right sort of man never seems interested in the job.
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Medicine, anything academic, is a very Persian Iranian route to take in life, in one's career.
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My first job ever was on 'Peak Practice.' I just had to walk up the stairs. They kept the take where I slipped slightly, which was annoying.
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People have an idea that one is in control of a career, a lot more than you really are. You can engineer things to an extent. But you are at the mercy of what comes in across the desk.
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Forgiveness is about empowering yourself, rather than empowering your past.
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I've never been in a place where winning has hurt the ability to do anything.
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I've done some music for films and I really enjoy doing it.
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Candidates should be extremely cautious in displaying a sense of humor. If he or she tells a joke with a point, there is almost certain to be some minority group offended.
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Sometimes, especially when it's cold, I get dry skin, so I scratch a lot. I scratch my arms incessantly.
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I have a degree in European history, which didn't necessarily have any direct impact on my career, but I'm grateful I studied something other than acting in college.
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Christianity is a battle not a dream.
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My wife and I have very deep roots in Colorado, and we can't see ourselves living anywhere else.
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I grew up in New York.
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You know, Motorcycle Diaries has no incredible stories, no sudden plot twists, it doesn't play that way. It's about recognizing that instance of change and embracing it.
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I simply haven't the nerve to imagine a being, a force, a cause which keeps the planets revolving in their orbits and then suddenly stops in order to give me a bicycle with three speeds.
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Acting's boring.
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When people say I have become a celebrity, I remind them of fame's flip side. For instance, if I want to watch a movie in a cinema, I have to enter through a side exit just before the film begins and leave by the same exit before the credits roll.
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Being a black woman, I've often felt I've been judged by my sex and my race, and I have always known that it shouldn't hamper me.
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The little platoon of the black community is the church. Our Christian faith is based on individual freedom from sin and the personal decision to find spiritual liberty that leads to a better life here on Earth and for eternity. On Sundays in America, the most conservative people can be found in black churches.
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I don't want security guards. I don't think security guards are particularly good for your writing.
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When I was younger I was fat. I was never conscious of it and was content with who I was because I was so loved. My mother never told me to lose weight and my father doted on me, but my agent told me. I tried, but I loved Indian food too much.
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Al Sharpton is not important. He's nothing more than a black pawn in a very sophisticated white economic chess game.
