John Prendergast Quotes
Slavery, racism, sexism, and other forms of bigotry, subordination, and human rights abuse transform and adapt with the times.

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It's hard to have people talking about you and trashing you in the media and saying they think your career is over... and you are only 25.
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I have been doing so much. Speaking engagements... producing... developing a half-hour sitcom... working on a movie... leading acting workshops all over the world... and hosting 'My Black Is Beautiful,' an empowerment TV show I'm doing on BET for women.
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I remember someone once said there is a practical aspect to my designs, and I remember thinking, 'That doesn't sound so creative,' but that is actually the truth. There is a practicality to it. I don't design just to design. There is a reason and, hopefully, an interesting reason behind it - that is where my creativity comes in.
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I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks.
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I'm not obsessively a follower of fashion in the way I used to be. But I still have all those magazines I bought at the time because I bought ones that felt a little timeless, more like books.
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The real problem is not why some pious, humble, believing people suffer, but why some do not.
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As the bill requires, any terror alert system must give people and organizations some indication about what steps they must take to improve their own security and assist in the Nation's security.
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Don't care what people say. Don't give a damn about their laws.
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If there is such a thing as freedom, then there is no fate.
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Thanks to my father, we were always in good horses.
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I love India.
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When I was immobilized by fear, I might have a panic attack. I've had a couple of panic attacks in my life.
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I figure no matter how old you are, it's always going to be your first marriage and no life experience is going to make you a better judge of who you should marry.
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What bothered me was playing one-dimensional parts in films which were really about, 'Boy Meets Girl,' 'Will Boy Get Girl?'
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I was home-schooled for my entire high school experience, so I never went to prom.
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I have a strange relationship with influences because mine are mostly literary or painters or poets, who I'll even quote. I don't do tributes to cinema.
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The dilemma for early 21st century journalism is this: Who will pay for the news?
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Actually I walk around with the Emmy wherever I go, but I'm very casual about it.
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I've had many incidents in my life of racism. I've been thrown on the ground. I've been frisked. I've been arrested so many times I couldn't tell you. I have no need to talk about it.
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You should see me during an action film. I look like an abuse victim.
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I am confident that we will one day end the scourge of modern slavery, because I believe in those committed to this issue.
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I have played some of the great men in history and I believe in the great man who does heroic deeds, even in these egalitarian times.
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Slavery, racism, sexism, and other forms of bigotry, subordination, and human rights abuse transform and adapt with the times.