Teyonah Parris Quotes
I've wanted to be an actress my whole life, and the - none of the women I aspired to be like had natural hair.
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The American people likewise want to see enforcement first, no tricks, no triggers, no amnesty, enforcing existing laws and closing loopholes to reaffirm that our great Republic is, in fact, a nation of laws.
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I think it's cool people love to hate me.
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I don't make much distinction between being a stand-up comic and acting Shakespeare - in fact, unless you're a good comedian, you're never going to be able to play Hamlet properly.
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You know, we're really destroying ourselves because we're really making the motivating force of anything we do selfish.
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He travels fastest who travels alone, and that goes double for she. Real feminism is spinsterhood.
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To write a book about improvisation is partly a contradiction in terms. Improvisation is spontaneous. It's in the moment.
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When I was younger, I was insecure for about 10 years: I wore glasses, had a cow's lick, buck teeth and braces. I looked ridiculous.
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I never, by any regard, ever denied any part of my family roots.
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All I did was ask for rights. I didn't attack anyone. I didn't harass anyone. I didn't oppose the system or the country or the authority. All I said is, 'Why can't I drive?'
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He is very upbeat but we hear that all the time from just about any athlete.
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And in fact I don't believe there is such a thing as a definitive picture of something. The land is a living, breathing thing and light changes its character every second of every day. That's why I love it so much.
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We were determined to be in the fashion, and to visit the various delightful watering places on Long Island Sound. Of course, it would be necessary to combine business with pleasure and pursue our calling as beggars.
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The important thing is to build up my cardiovascular system, so I have the stamina to do stunts. To me, stepping over the line, taking a chance and succeeding is the ultimate freedom, be it in rock and roll or when executing a really challenging routine.
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Sometimes I listen to music and I wonder how did they get certain sounds.
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Richard Nixon was the best thing that ever happened to journalism. I mean this guy was wonderful. Just when you thought he could get no worse, he got worse.
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If I were running against Chuck Schumer. I would take every one of his Sunday press releases - and there are 52 for as many years as he's been there - and I would ask, 'How many of the things he said he was proposing became law?' I doubt many.
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The reality is, if you were fortunate to be born to rich parents, you have a better chance of succeeding in life. And that's wrong.
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A movie star is someone who has to open a film to gazillions of dollars. I'm just trying to pay my mortgage.
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It's time to stop complying with the system and draw your own map. Stop settling for what's good enough and start creating art that matters.
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You know what I like? I like classic stuff. I like 'The Andy Griffith Show' – the variety of characters was so amazing to me.
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I've got cousins galore. Mexicans just spread all their seeds. And the women just pop them out.
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Who doesn't love a funny girl who can look sexy at the same time?
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I've wanted to be an actress my whole life, and the - none of the women I aspired to be like had natural hair.
