Mekhi Phifer Quotes
I love character-driven, well-written, great storytelling types of films, and I think that 'My Cousin Vinny' just hit the nail on the head with everything. It's one of those movies that, if I'm flipping through the channels, no matter what part it's on, I can watch it. It's just one of my favorites.
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I've had a pretty charmed life, so there's nothing that I need to take too seriously right now.
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I think blogging is a muscle that most people wear out.
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If you stop being scared, that's when entropy sets in, and you may as well go home.
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Kids are taking music for free all the time. They have Spotify, Pandora... The record companies aren't making the kind of music that they used to make. Artists make their money on tours, not from album sales.
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I had no desire to be a chef, but I had a desire to be someone who was heard.
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Nobody really believes in equality anyway.
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Crankiness is a human attribute that, when people walk in the door of Xerox, they remain human. The best way to get the best out of people is to not force them to be something other than they naturally are. Now what do they have to be? They have to be respectful. You can't be ridiculously disrespectful.
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The age of Lincoln and Jefferson memorials is over. It will be presidential libraries from now on.
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I would literally have to go meet people so they could see I didn't have big red hair and wear high heels constantly. It was just really ingrained in people.
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If you do not milk the cow fully, it falls sick.
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I always used to watch 'Labyrinth' and 'The Neverending Story.' Those were like my two favorite movies that I would watch over and over and over again.
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'Lost' is about a bunch of people stranded on an island. It's compelling, but kind of tiny. But what sustains you are the characters.
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I'm tall, fat, rather bald, red-faced, double-chinned, black-haired, have a deep voice, and wear glasses for reading.
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I'm not the girl next door.
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I think that when something happens when you're growing up, like a death or divorce, it does open the world slightly because things aren't as straightforward.
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My dad said, 'Stay humble, and you gotta work harder than everybody else.' My mom said, 'Always be yourself.' She always told me only God can judge me.
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I've had the most untraumatic life a human being can have. But I've always been drawn to those who have had far more complicated histories.
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But all bubbles have a way of bursting or being deflated in the end.
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When the armistice was declared American forces had fought their way to Sedan.
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I lost my mom to breast cancer, and then I lost my father three years later. I thought, 'What am I waiting for?' Motherhood has been the greatest gift of my life.
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What you learn at university is a good discipline but has little relevance to a real job.
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When the product is right, you don't have to be a great marketer.
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A.J. Styles is great - he's a great performer - so I'm not going to take anything away from him.
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I love character-driven, well-written, great storytelling types of films, and I think that 'My Cousin Vinny' just hit the nail on the head with everything. It's one of those movies that, if I'm flipping through the channels, no matter what part it's on, I can watch it. It's just one of my favorites.
