Michael Che Quotes
I grew up in the projects with four older brothers. And there were tough, macho gangsters, drug dealers, killers, and thugs all in my neighborhood. And they were afraid of my mother. So, yeah, I know some strong women.
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I'd rather learn from one bird how to sing than teach ten thousand stars how not to dance.
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I have a baby that is 21 months old, and I watch Disney Junior with him. A lot of those shows are about pirates. Even the T-shirts and pajamas I buy for him have pirate themes like, 'Aye-aye, argh and mate.' But, I definitely grew up watching pirates.
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Let's all understand that these guiding principles cannot be discarded for short-term political gains. They represent what this country is all about. They are indigenous to the American idea. And these are principles which are not negotiable.
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What is necessary to change a person is to change his awareness of himself.
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In human years I am 29. In actress years I'm the ripe, promising age of 18 to 35. That's how it works here in Hollyweird.
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A lot happens in 20 years.
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The reason grandparents and grandchildren get along so well is that they have a common enemy.
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More and more, cultural groups are cross-pollinating, and we're getting much more interesting art as a result.
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French fries. I love them. Some people are chocolate and sweets people. I love French fries. That and caviar.
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The luxury of radio is that you don't spend hours in make-up, and you can wear whatever you want. It's bizarre. You'll be saying lines, with various people around making sound effect noises.
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Different directors offer you different things, and it's not necessarily the most obvious things.
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I deferred my third-year studies from university to go full time sailing to try and qualify for the 2012 London Olympics, which I did. I tried to go back to the university, but having won the silver medal, I just haven't been able to get back. And now I'm not sure if I ever will.
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Opposition to abortion was one of the ways the Christian right was brought into the Republican Party by conservatives hoping to move the party further right. Now, of course, the tail is wagging the dog.
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Many of the things the slow food people honor were innovations within historical times. Somebody had to be the first European to eat a tomato.
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It's the group sound that's important, even when you're playing a solo.
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I describe myself as an environmentalist not because I'm marching in the street with placards but because I like to be in the woods by myself.
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I'm just trying to play against ethnicity. I got to play a guy from Louisiana in 'The Pacific' named Merriell Shelton, and now I'm playing Elliot Alderman.
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Few girls are as well shaped as a good horse.
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I have a very balanced posture about the political situation in my country.
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If you have distance from the events, then your story can work as an analogy or parable rather than its literal narrative.
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In L.A., retro culture is just part of the thing you do. When we were kids, we didn't have allowances, and it was not cool to wear designer clothes. So it meant that we were into 1920s dresses when we were 13.
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My job is to show my clients that their anger is rarely someone else's fault. It's their flaw.
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Sarah will talk to me about someone and I don't know who she's talking about, but if she talks to my mother, the two of them will know exactly - and across several generations, too.
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I grew up in the projects with four older brothers. And there were tough, macho gangsters, drug dealers, killers, and thugs all in my neighborhood. And they were afraid of my mother. So, yeah, I know some strong women.
