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 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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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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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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I hold theatre acting in such high esteem that it scares me.
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Women are so necessary for us in terms of support.
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When you're onstage in theater, if you mess up a line, there's no 'Cut! We'll get it again.' It's full steam ahead.
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Animation did not become the dominant form of children's television until the '60s.
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'Power is always a relative concept.'-the illithid Yharaskrik
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Politicians are terrified of losing touch with folks back home but content to be clueless about government's failure to fix real problems.
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Liberty is the soul's right to breathe and, when it cannot take a long breath, laws are girdled too tight.
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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.
