Sherri Shepherd Quotes
Black people don't talk about diabetes that much. I never knew anything. I thought everyone had an uncle with a leg cut off!
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An attack on values is inevitably seen as an act of subversion.
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I'm very soulful. I grew up singing in church. When I sing a song, I like to feel what I'm singing.
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You know, I hate to sound self-involved, but I feel like I haven't peaked yet.
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I didn't hang around films. I don't know if I'd ever seen Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes.
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Anytime I audition for something, it's always a question of whether or not the people I'm auditioning for understand I'm an improviser and I like to do that, and if they like that or if they just want someone who's going to do what's written.
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College professors used to be badly paid and worth it. Colleges used to be modest institutions; they should go back to being modest institutions.
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I have a lot of kids in my district who haven't been to the beach, much less Washington, D.C., and that's 20 miles away.
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I'm known to be hands on 100%. I don't know any other way to be than a leader by example.
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I'm tactile, very tactile. A woman who has really nice, looked-after skin is such a turn-on for me. It's always sexy.
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I grew up with 'Jane Eyre,' reading it at school, and it's one of those, I think, for a lot of women, a lot of girls, it's the iconic story and so many girls relate to Jane Eyre and her character.
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I've been writing songs since I was, like, five and I've been singing since, like, I can't remember.
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We all stand on the dart board and very few of us catch the darts. Do not think it is unfair. It is fair but you are unlucky.
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Wer den Daumen auf dem Beutel hat, der hat die Macht.
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Dignity is central to the sustainability of history.
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If I had done a Disney movie nobody would care. They would not care. You may say oh, I grew up and I loved that movie, that was really super, but you wouldn’t care. People really will stop and talk to me about deeper issues, which I am excited to participate in.
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All good art, to me, is uncertainty.
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The '60s was a magical time in the music business. So much creativity and talent. I think a lot of it came from the fact that we had grown up before rock n' roll. We listened to all the great songwriters and big bands, songs with great lyrics and melodies. I think that really influenced everybody.
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I let people down easy with inspiration.
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That's the person I plan on being for a very long time: someone who stands up, someone who is an advocate for people, [even if it's for] something that some people think is only hair. I think it's more than just that. I want to be a spokesperson for self-love and for diversity.
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Los Angeles and Sydney are very similar, but I definitely enjoy more fresh seafood when I'm back in Australia, as there is so much great, fresh produce here. I also like going swimming at the beach while I'm home, too.
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My uncle's dying wish - he wanted me on his lap. He was in the electric chair.
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I'd love to have a great relationship with my father. And unfortunately... I don't.
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Black people don't talk about diabetes that much. I never knew anything. I thought everyone had an uncle with a leg cut off!
