Mekhi Phifer Quotes
I always try to bring a certain masculine presence to what I do. That is part of the dynamic.
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Tori Amos had a major influence on how I craft words in a song.
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I think it's one of the main negative emotional ingredients that fuels show business, because there's so much at stake and the fear of failure looms large.
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It's important to understand that oil and renewables do different things. Wind and solar are for power generation, so they don't replace oil. About 70% of all oil produced is used for transportation fuel. Renewables are good projects, but they don't get us off of foreign oil.
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There's a lot of skeletons in my closet, but I know what they're wearing. I'm not gonna act all ashamed of it.
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Let me clarify this very definitely. This is not an authoritarian organization.
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The way the recession has affected Hollywood, a lot of actors that had robust opportunities before in film no longer have such plum options, so cable has done a good job of becoming a happy medium for artists deemed film actors.
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I remember once, actually the first race I ran, I fell.
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Criticism is prejudice made plausible.
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If the government would like to hire my services to maximize value for their stake, they should approach me. No problem.
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I think this is all my life. Because if I was split gymnastics and something else like far, fun or to go with friends. No, this, you're supposed to one go, one straight road and to do every day. And touch the wall, of the goal.
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People want to know where I'm going, and I just don't ever know.
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Self-expression is always a right, but it's still not there to be abused.
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My first novel - the novel I wrote before 'Midnight's Children' - feels, to me, now, very - I mean, I get embarrassed when I see people reading it. You know, there are some people who, bizarrely, like it. Which I'm, you know, I'm happy for.
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A faith is a necessity to a man. Woe to him who believes in nothing.
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In America, we have this bell curve of certain values. And then we have another bell curve of different values, which is the Republican Party. And they're out of sync right now.
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With high underemployment - currently over one million part-time workers in the UK want to work more hours - sanctioning clients who cannot increase their hours seems to be both unworkable and unfair.
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I did grow up in Los Angeles. I actually didn't start acting until I was sixteen, so I was very removed from the Hollywood scene. I had always been in my school plays, but my mom and dad wanted to keep me out of the business until I was old enough to know who I was and not let anyone change me.
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Our empirical criterion for a series of theories is that it should produce new facts. The idea of growth and the concept of empirical character are soldered into one.
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I think for me, home needs to be a sanctuary. I need to feel like I've escaped the day when I get home.
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… the republic of creative minds: each giant calling to his brother through the desolate intervals of time. And undisturbed by the wanton noises of the dwarfs that creep past beneath them, their high spirit-converse continues.
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It is the dissimilarities and inequalities among men which give rise to the notion of honor; as such differences become less, it grows feeble; and when they disappear, it will vanish too.
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I am very grateful to make my living doing what I would do for free.
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Not a single person I named hadn't already been named at least a half-dozen times and wasn't already on he blacklist.
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I always try to bring a certain masculine presence to what I do. That is part of the dynamic.
