Maya Angelou Quotes
Autobiography is awfully seductive; it's wonderful. Once I got into it, I realized I was following a tradition established by Frederick Douglass - the slave narrative - speaking in the first-person singular, talking about the first-person plural, always saying 'I,' meaning 'we.'
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Actors are always the last to see what they have created.
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Since 1989, we have been deploying on an average of every 18 months.
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You have no power at all if you do not exercise constant power.
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I've done a few studio films in the last few years where I feel like I've done good work, and then I only end up in two scenes. That's been very disappointing.
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It's time to face facts: Most people stop being environmentalists when they sit down to eat.
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I think the world looks down on Republicans for their socially conservative views, which includes religion in government.
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I make a lot of money and I'm worth every cent.
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It would be easier to make money in other sectors, but since I was a kid, I liked cars.
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And eventually as I kept writing it, something emerged that was not quite me but a version of me.
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I have no idea what advantages I truly get, but I know people talk to me and give me time of day because they like how I look.
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I always start a play by calling the characters A, B, and C.
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I've now been in this country for thirteen years, since I was seventeen. So this is my second home.
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It's totally viable to envisage a million Jews living in Judea and Samaria.
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Writing a novel is one of those modern rites of passage, I think, that lead us from an innocent world of contentment, drunkenness, and good humor, to a state of chronic edginess and the perpetual scanning of bank statements.
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To come in and win three races already this year and maybe set a record by winning four is pretty unique. But guys like Mark Martin, Rusty Wallace and these guys are not wanting that to happen.
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The truth is, I'm not body confident.
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A good maxim allows you to have the last word without even starting a conversation.
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When my dad, Tommy Tucker Kelly, was about six, he started out with his dad on 'The Black and White Minstrel' Shows.
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The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic.
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Himmler wants to send an expedition to Tibet to look for ancient manuscripts on the Aryans. The man is like a little schoolgirl. What culture is there in an old jug, I ask you?
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The thing that Mike brings to the table is that he's a competitor. He plays hard every play. And he's willing to do anything we ask of him.
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It's really important for us to keep the best player in the city of Louisville here every year. I see Henderson right in line with Michael Bush, Brian Brohm, Mario Urrutia and Earl Heyman. He continues that tradition. His movement and maturity give him an opportunity to compete early for a spot to play. He's got an advantage that he'll be here all summer working out.
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Autobiography is awfully seductive; it's wonderful. Once I got into it, I realized I was following a tradition established by Frederick Douglass - the slave narrative - speaking in the first-person singular, talking about the first-person plural, always saying 'I,' meaning 'we.'
