Grace Dell Nichols (Nichelle Nichols) Quotes
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I never had only one job. I was either playing ball or writing or doing TV or modeling.
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I don't do fake. That's the first thing you should know about me. I'm not one to put on airs or change my demeanor depending on where I am or who I am talking to.
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Even as a 10-year-old, I remember trying to explain to my mother and stepfather how upset and frustrated a messy room made me. But they just couldn't grasp it. They wanted me to be playing with baseballs and frogs while I wanted to be scouring garage sales.
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In the mess of moving from place to place, I skipped two grades in the space of one year.
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Going out at night and having a fabulous social life takes a lot out of you, and I don't know if I have that much to give, honestly. I would rather give that time to my kids or spend that time reading a book or watching a film. I am selfish and lazy.
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Really, I prefer not to read my early books. Not that I don't like them, but I don't recognize myself anymore, like an old actor watching himself as a young leading man.
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I love the way soft white cheese such as ricotta or the creamier mascarpone reflect the milieu in which an animal has been raised.
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I'm mostly drawn to narratives that are difficult for me to visualize.
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If my career path takes me elsewhere, that's great. But comedy is my forte.
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If you think that by threatening me you can get me to do what you want... well, that's where you're right. But - and I am only saying this because I care - there's a lot of decaffeinated brands on the market that are just as tasty as the real thing.
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To be honest, if it wasn't for my daughter, I don't think I would have gotten out of the situation that I was in before 'Idol' because I am a domestic violence survivor.
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We have a tax code whose complications and levels of unfairness and levels of choosing people to give tax breaks to and choosing people to deny them to is thousands of pages long with endless complications and unbelievable manipulations by everybody.
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I don't feel comfortable making empty music.
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Look for inspiration in books, magazines, and even other people's homes - then be brave and take a chance with a room in your home.
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No one wears high heels all day, every day.
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The days of the painter at the Bauhaus appear to be truly over. They are estranged from the actual core of present activities, and their influence is more restricting than inspiring.
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If you can tune into your purpose and really align with it, setting goals so that your vision is an expression of that purpose, then life flows much more easily.
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I love being in a courtroom.
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'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington' is one of the greatest films of all time.
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I believe 'love' is very nice to hear, but it's used so much that it's come to a point where it's almost meaningless.
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I would not want to see any relaxation of the law prohibiting human cloning.
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The music is the imperative. It has the upper hand. I think all music, even though it's an abstraction, does motivate a particular meaning. Then it's the job of the musician to honor that meaning and to somehow implement lyrical material that can accommodate that emotional environment.
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Billie Holiday I never met, but I love her music.
