Udonis Haslem Quotes
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Dramas make me laugh. The other day, I saw 'The Place Beyond the Pines,' and I was giggling the whole time. I laugh when I'm uncomfortable.
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I caught the acting bug from my dad.
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I portray female characters, so I have the opportunity to change the way people look at them. Even if I wasn't consciously doing that, it would happen anyway just because of how I present as a woman, or as a person. I present in a way that's not stereotypical, even if I'm playing a stereotypical role.
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I vehemently deny that I was born a cynic and a pessimist.
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We've tried to make a Superman movie where he does stuff and you go, 'Yeah, if I was Superman, that's what I'd do.' Even though he's an alien, he's more relatable, more human.
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I've done a lot of practical anthropology, living in villages with people and realizing how difficult it is to get out of poverty. When in poverty, people use their skill to avoid hunger. They can't use it for progress.
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It is better to be beautiful than to be good. But... it is better to be good than to be ugly.
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Yes, it was love at first sight. I feel that after all these years, I have finally found my soul mate.
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Imagination creates some big monsters.
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With TV, you get on a show and you're there for 11 years playing the same character. I would pull my hair out. Yes, the money is good. But I'm really not in this business to chase dollars.
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I do it as a therapy. I do it as something to keep me alive. We all need a little discipline. Exercise is my discipline.
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Killers can seem smart when you can't figure out who they are.
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We had times in '66 and '67 when we would pick up a platoon of privates out of the receiving barracks the week before we even graduated the platoon that we were on!
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Caesar recognized the omens, but he didn't believe they applied to him.
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India will have to hang down her head in shame if even one person is left who is said in any way to be untouchable.
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I spent many years of my life as an economist and demographer. I was finally distracted by writing my novels and poetry. I'm enormously happy that was the case. I feel that with writing I have found my metier.
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I enjoy writing but I much prefer the experience of having written.
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The whole concept of witches was that women were speaking up for themselves and fighting for their rights. The whole concept of witchcraft came into play to hold down women and women's empowerment.
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I think it is all about finding ways to challenge yourself.
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Though the rampant racial injustices throughout the criminal justice system were offensive to me and to millions of other people, I've never drawn a tight circle around the black community to define the limits of my moral concern. But that narrative tends to get imposed on you, if you're an African-American activist.
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An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises.
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When the tech geeks talk, I pay close attention.
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It's dangerous to be anybody popular.
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I don't want to get over on anybody. If they pay me, I want to be worth it.
