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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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 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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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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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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I know that electing Hillary Clinton as our next president is critical for America's future.
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Some of the aspects of my speaking style are inherited and come naturally to me. I didn't take classes, and I didn't do anything to hone my skills.
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I had no inclination to perform as a kid. I was a shy child - I always had my nose in a library book. I didn't start acting until I went to college. Once I started, it seemed to fit like a glove. I felt completely at home on stage. It was the perfect way for me to express myself, even better than writing.
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I came to Los Angeles for the first time in 1994. I spoke no English. I only knew how to say two sentences: 'How are you?' and 'I want to work with Johnny Depp.'
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I had always been a fan of Nas, but I never met him. This is the one guy in the industry who's, like, the phantom rapper.
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The world is all gates, all opportunities, strings of tension waiting to be struck.
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Like my mother, I was always saying, 'I'll fix my life one day.' It became clear when I saw her die without fulfilling her dreams that my time was now or maybe never.
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The river is everywhere.
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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.
