Nicole Ari Parker-Kodjoe (Nicole Ari Parker) Quotes
A guy once told me that I sound like I’m a little ahead of myself. I can’t wait to thank him at the Oscars.
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Let life happen to you. Believe me: life is in the right, always.
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I don't think a woman riding a motorcycle thinks of herself as doing something that has sex appeal. I think she's trying to replicate for herself an experience that she sees men having.
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I'm definitely a hair down girl. I'm a fan of the natural, earthy look.
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I don't like running when I'm holding things in my hand, whether it's a dog leash or a baby jogger. My mechanics get all messed up.
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Item numbers are not my cup of tea.
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In 1921, Harry Houdini started his own film company called - wait for it - the Houdini Picture Corporation.
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I was writing a lot even as a kid.
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Regardless of my legislation, spending has to be stopped.
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Do we have the right to understand the world we live in? The right to all the information regarding why our governments are making the decisions that they are?
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He who is not capable of enduring poverty is not capable of being free.
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People are more optimistic about Detroit outside of Detroit.
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I love living in the country, so much so that I'm even surprised by it. I have met lots of interesting people - the community was really welcoming, and I now probably have a more interesting social life than I did in the city.
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The dream begins with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called 'truth'.
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No theory changes what it is a theory about; man remains what he has always been.
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Nashville is a lot like my hometown. You learn so quickly once someone hears something about you or sees something, everybody talks about it at dinner. They know your business, so people tend to be more private and not to throw themselves into everyone's faces.
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The thing that I love about acting is the fact that I can help people feel things, know themselves or feel less alone. It's my form of expression, in the same way that someone might paint a picture or sing a song in that you're hoping that it moves somebody outside of their own way of thinking.
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You don't have to wait-you can have it in 5.004_54 or so.
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Making a film, it uses a certain... 'pretend-muscle,' I don't know what you want to call it. It exhausts something in me, I find. It has to be really something to get me interested.
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One of the things that I really enjoyed playing with Ender was how he's constantly struggling between his brother and his sister. It's like he's got two sides to him. And I've always wanted to play a darker character, and in this film and in the novel, Ender has his moments where he isn't a glorified hero.
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I went to University of Illinois team camp. And that was a big deal for me. I got MVP of the camp, but they offered another kid from the camp, which was fine. I laughed with the couple coaches I know who were there at the time, who were part of recruiting the other guy.
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It's impossible to capture every single facet of someone's personality in a film.
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The liberal professions, and in a wider sense the well-to-do classes, are certainly those with the liveliest taste for knowledge and the most active intellectual life.
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A guy once told me that I sound like I’m a little ahead of myself. I can’t wait to thank him at the Oscars.
