Ving Rhames Quotes
I saw how, when my brother smoked reefer, it made my mother cry. He was 16 at the time. And I saw that she broke down and cried. I never wanted to hurt my mother, so I kept away from drugs.
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I always played to win.
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If I look back I feel frightened, not happy, because my life is a bit of a mystery to me.
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Maybe because I'm a child of the '80s, but for me, a sequel is a story that follows the previous one, and sometimes if you haven't seen the original, then you don't understand the second one. Like 'Back to the Future 2.' If you haven't seen the first one, you're not going to get anything out of 'Back to the Future 2.'
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The only way reliably to gauge the heat of any particular chilli is to cut it in half, so exposing the core and membranes, and to dab the cut surface on your tongue.
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Pictures must not be too picturesque.
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No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots.
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I didn't know what to expect, having not been an artist before. From the outside, you only see romantic snapshots of what seems like a great lifestyle, and it is, but it's also grueling.
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You measure a government by how few people need help.
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I'm a terrific mimic, and you can feel my funny bone.
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I have been the last space marine between earth and an alien invasion. I really just don't need to go there anymore.
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There are parents who are really angry that I decided to portray people who have come into the country illegally as decent human beings.
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You know, every family and every business in California knows what it means to go through tough times.
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By the time I was ten, everyone knew I wanted to be a producer. I was a very precocious little boy.
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I want to, at the end of the day, be able to say, 'I am a runner.'
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I hope that I can continue to champion Dr. Paul's efforts to audit the Fed, protect state's rights, and getting our nation back on track.
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I have never anticipated success. I choose work, give it my best shot, and leave it.
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Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.
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As an individual, not as the boss of a company, I am very interested in motor racing.
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I try to make the set as relaxed and fun and stress-free as humanly possible, while still having control over things. It's usually tension that hurts a performance or makes it seem self-conscious.
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My sister and I said, Dad, are you doing to do anything about that? And he mentioned treatments other people sent him that he'd been working on. So we thought it would be kind of cool to give these guys a real script.
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It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it. Carry it by the comfortable handles of gratitude for what's positive and that it is not worse, rather than the uncomfortable edges of bitterness for the negatives and that it is not better.
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You can't do psychological thrillers. There's no audience. I've heard this. I've heard this from studios.
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My dad wanted me to play football so bad, he took me to Washington High School on the west side of Atlanta because they were number one. They never lost.
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I saw how, when my brother smoked reefer, it made my mother cry. He was 16 at the time. And I saw that she broke down and cried. I never wanted to hurt my mother, so I kept away from drugs.
