Sanaa Lathan (Sanaa McCoy Lathan) Quotes
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Any guy that's not working with the same amount of intensity and passion that I do, I don't want to know.
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I always had dreams as a kid. I definitely sat at home and watched the Oscars every year and got emotional every year at everyone's speeches.
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The classic, 'Romeo and Juliet,' for me, is the iconic story of young love.
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Whether slavery shall go into Nebraska, or other new territories, is not a matter of exclusive concern to the people who may go there. The whole nation is interested that the best use shall be made of these territories. We want them for the homes of free white people.
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I don't want to rap forever. But I want to be rich forever.
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When I write a song, it comes from the heart and is based on a specific experience. You can't really say that one experience is greater than another, because all of your experiences take you through life on this journey.
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My very first job was a cashier at Burger King in Tucson, Arizona. And I occasionally worked the drive-thru. I'd go wherever I was needed! My second job was at Dairy Queen. I stayed in the fast food royalty.
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I exercise about 40 minutes a day, and I'll run one day and do circuit training the next day. I live in an area where there are brilliant hills and mountains, so I get a good hill run with my dog. At home, I'll do the circuit training with old weights, along with pull-ups in the trees and that sort of stuff.
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The secret of being a great actor is a love of food.
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L.A.'s always been good to me.
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I want to keep acting. I'll be acting probably until I get a lot older.
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Most go to prison not on account of their irreducible uniqueness as people but because they are part of a marginalized sector of the population who never had a chance, who were slated for it early on.
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A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.
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I live my life day by day, and that's how I continue to live it.
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My goal as an artist is to always be true to who I am and give my fans music they will enjoy for a lifetime.
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What I loved about 'Goodfellas' is that it's a film about bad behavior - but told with great energy and without judgment - but it doesn't actually shy away from the consequences of that behavior in the characters' lives, which I think is similar in 'Keep the Lights On.'
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I enjoy thinking myself into other times and places. I don't like some of the conventions of the 'historical novel', but I think there's a way of doing it that has a lot of merit.
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I don't believe that in our society that we should have guns.
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When How Green Was My Valley finally wrapped, I thought John Ford was a walking god.
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I ask, sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people except for a few public officials.
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People don't want to pay 8 or 9 dollars to go see a problem that they have in their life, on screen. They pay to get away from that. That's why they watch soap operas.
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There's this really good line in 'Women in Love' where Ursula says, 'I always thought it was a sin to be unhappy.' And actually I think that's very common, it's what a lot of people feel - that you have an obligation to life to be happy if you can.
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I love to eat makhanas, and I always keep a packet in my car.
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Sometimes when you don't care, people are attracted to that.
