Joe Frazier Quotes
I've achieved 'the American dream.' I feel it's my duty to help others achieve their vision, too - especially the youth.
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I think a lot of young girls see actresses, and they think of red carpets, and they think of 'Us Weekly,' and they don't really think about the breaking down of a script and what that requires and what you would need to pull it off.
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When the opportunity came along to do 'Win, Lose or Draw,' I took it selfishly to find out if I did enjoy being me on camera. And I did that for the last two years I was doing 'Mama's Family.'
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There is so much to do in my house, in every little corner. It's just like anybody, it's like one step at a time. I try to decorate one space and a pipe breaks or whatever - you know how it is.
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God made a mistake with me. I'm actually black, trapped in a white body.
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I want to act, if I can, as a bridge for people who read 'Shock Doctrine' or 'No Logo'. People who are sitting out for whatever reasons.
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Preachers at black churches are the last people left in the English-speaking world who know the schemes and tropes of classical rhetoric: parallelism, antithesis, epistrophe, synecdoche, metonymy, periphrasis, litotes - the whole bag of tricks.
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As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.
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When I look at myself, I'd like not to have hair on the top of the ceiling.
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I can go to a country song, go right into it and make it sound authentic. And I think that's because of my ear as an impressionist.
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I don't know how much the other fighters make. But I need to tell you that, for myself, money is not the first consideration.
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The kids from the streets don't want preaching or messages. They want what they can identify with. They want to hear about the reality of their situation, not fairy tales. They don't care if it's ugly; they just want reality.
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Being on a lunchbox was awesome, and being on a thermos was pretty cool, too.
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I'd love to have William Faulkner, Beethoven and Bach over. I want to find out what makes those guys tick!
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I used to wear miniskirts with my GB top, and sparkly sandals, and the boys would be like: 'Oh my gosh, this girl cannot be serious.'
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When you work as hard as you can and as much as you can to make your first album, and you don't make any money, then you change things.
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No actor who's any good can say truthfully to themselves, 'Yeah, I'm good; I've got this sorted.'
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People pretend to be nice; people pretend to be smooth and polite and everything, but this is only an appearance because the way we're built as human beings is only in paradox and contradictions.
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When I started as a child actor, my father didn't tell me anything.
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Anyone who thinks there's safety in numbers hasn't looked at the stock market pages.
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Now I know the difference between a rousing reception and a pat on the back. Now I know the difference between a gold in Commonwealth Games and a bronze in Olympics.
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All my coaching life, I am the same, always on the touchline, the same way. I am in the game all the time. I am focused.
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As one of the first African-Americans to be out on a reality program, MTV's 'The Real World: Philadelphia,' I understand the courage it takes to live your truth on a national platform, the importance it holds to LGBT communities of color, and the power it has to create a greater conversation within American culture.
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I don't talk about how old I am because sometimes it can affect parts that you get in Hollywood. I don't believe that it's a necessary element. I feel that I'm a character, and I'm an actor. People focusing on my age instead of the role I'm playing can be a hindrance.
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I've achieved 'the American dream.' I feel it's my duty to help others achieve their vision, too - especially the youth.
