Mickalene Thomas Quotes
I grew up with a lot of brothers and I don't have any sisters, so for me it's really important to develop my sisterhood. It's something I've always coveted.
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Sometimes you have to go up really high to understand how small you really are.
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I'm a musician at heart, I know I'm not really a singer. I couldn't compete with real singers. But I sing because the public buys it.
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I'm absolutely a Ron Paul fan.
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Remember that we are all human beings trying to do what we love to do.
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I've never dreamed of a story idea. I have such boring dreams.
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I am suspicious of writers who go looking for issues to address. Writers are neither preachers nor journalists. Journalists know much more than most writers about what's going on in the world. And if you want to change things, you do journalism.
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While we look to the dramatist to give romance to realism, we ask of the actor to give realism to romance.
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There's always going to be someone with a bigger toy than yours.
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The happiest conversation is that of which nothing is distinctly remembered, but a general effect of pleasing impression.
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I always direct next to the camera and watch my actors, and so you can see the small things that you can't see on the small screen but you can definitely see on the big screen.
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I have really long hair, so I don't cut it all that often. Sometimes, when I'm working, I just have the stylist on set trim it for me. I don't dye my hair. When I was a teenager, I dyed my hair five colors at one time. It was all different shades of red going from more orange to more purple. I thought I looked so cool.
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My dad worked two jobs his whole life, and so I told him he's the reason I have 20 jobs.
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I always had acting work when I needed it. I think that is why, when I watch films or TV series in America, I find in small roles or in supporting roles really amazing faces, where I have the feeling these people have actually had a life outside of acting. I find it almost a pity that I've never done anything else.
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Failure to properly control our borders costs citizens in many ways: schools become overcrowded, medical resources are stretched too thin, other government services are overtaxed, and taxes increase further.
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I'm so proud of my Chinese ancestry, but I was born and raised in America, and I really believe in American values, our American system, our freedom, our liberties.
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I would rather drudge out my life on a cotton plantation, till the grave opened to give me rest, than to live with an unprincipled master and a jealous mistress.
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Nobody else feels the same way about your dog that you do.
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Federal waste is a grave disservice to hardworking taxpayers across our great nation, and yet our governmental bureaucracies are riddled with it - whether through unnecessary, duplicative, inefficient, outdated, or failed agencies and programs.
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I firmly believe everyone needs to have balance in their life.
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The most important thing is to snack on things that are filled with real food and nourishing ingredients that will leave you feeling energised and happy.
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I think perception is important.
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I look in the mirror through the eyes of the child that was me.
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We're very excited about Michael's decision to return to the University of Louisville. He's such an integral part of our offense and I look for him to have a huge senior season.
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I grew up with a lot of brothers and I don't have any sisters, so for me it's really important to develop my sisterhood. It's something I've always coveted.
