Odetta Holmes (Odetta) Quotes
You’re walking down life’s road, society’s foot is on your throat, every which way you turn you can’t get from under that foot. And you reach a fork in the road and you can either lie down and die, or insist upon your life.
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My career is a black comedy of sorts. I spent a lot of time explaining myself to various different groups. But more and more, I'm finding that the desire to communicate, which all these audiences share, is a powerful thing.
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If your aim is to attack the United States, it is hard to imagine a more difficult way of getting here than by posing as a refugee.
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I'm just being me on Instagram, and that's what I love about it. It's definitely personal, and it's, like, no one in my team would ever get my password for my Instagram. Like, that's a no-no.
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First of all, I'm not the kind of guy that likes to rehash the show and so forth and so on.
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Some of the wives didn't keep up with the program. It started breaking apart during the Apollo days.
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I love comedy; I'm very goofy and spontaneous.
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Within Internet users, you have a big chunk of people who can convert to online shopping.
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Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
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I don't think people cry reading 'Midnight's Children,' but a lot of people seem to cry watching the movie.
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When people think of someone being prolific, it's like, 'He's got a vault with 5,000 songs in it,' or something, but I just kind of pick them out of the air when they float by.
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I really feel that New York City is the greatest city in the world.
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Wait long enough, and people will surprise and impress you.
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I've been brought up with the Christian faith with my family.
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I can never sit still. I wanna hurl myself into life.
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I remember in 'Pride and Prejudice' I had to do a scene where I broke down. And before we filmed I spent like three hours imagining my mum's funeral. Actually, she's very much alive, happy and healthy. It was really horrible.
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There were definitely dark nights when you're like, 'Maybe joining the military wasn't such a good idea.' But, in a way, it was the best training to be an actor.
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The only successor to President Putin is President Putin himself and we could of course dream about President Putin stepping down voluntarily and picking out successor which would be probably as bad as him.
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I want to be someone who is a great representation of a black woman in Hollywood, a black woman in the entertainment industry.
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I can't think about whether I'll disappoint Sonic Youth fans. It's not like I want people to be disappointed, but I just can't control that.
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My goal in life was to pursue the good life.
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I'm surprisingly practical in much of my life, but not when it comes to my shoes.
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There's no disgrace in failure, the disgrace is not to try.
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You’re walking down life’s road, society’s foot is on your throat, every which way you turn you can’t get from under that foot. And you reach a fork in the road and you can either lie down and die, or insist upon your life.
