Alain LeRoy Locke Quotes
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I don't have a high IQ, but I've always liked nerds and quirky guys.
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Music continues to remind me that its boundaries are limitless.
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I get to meet different directors and different people.
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Everything that enlarges the sphere of human powers, that shows man he can do what he thought he could not do, is valuable.
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My best hair care tip would be, choose a range that is right for your hair structure. Working with Pantene has made me realize the importance of this, and it really does make a difference. I have quite thick hair, so I use the Smooth & Sleek range.
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When you're adapting, you are working on someone else's problem that they have already solved. The work has been fine-tuned and read countless times, and you're just arriving at the end and taking what you want, so of course it is the regal way to moviemaking. Plays are just the ideal scripts - the structure is there and waiting for you.
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In high school, I played in a Rush cover band.
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Good actresses can often accomplish miracles, and it is possible to be someone you've never been or will be. But in a sitcom, there's no time.
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I've made a lot of game-winners.
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I remember feeling enormous pressure because I didn't want to be Shirley Temple. Shirley Temple was Shirley Temple, and I didn't ever feel like I could live up to that.
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I am open to them. If I come across something interesting, and I think it suits me, I may do a horror movie.
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Don't tell your kids you had an easy birth or they won't respect you. For years I used to wake up my daughter and say, 'Melissa, you ripped me to shreds. Now go back to sleep.'
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If people can just pour into the country illegally, you don't have a country.
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My country, France, my homeland, my land is again invaded by an overpopulation of foreigners, especially Muslims.
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There appears to be no limit as to how far the women's revolution will take us.
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My mom was a teacher. In the 1960s and '70s, she taught history at two largely African American public high schools in Washington, D.C. - McKinley Tech and H.D. Woodson. Her example taught me the importance of equality for all Americans.
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I think it's a great thing to support fashion and support designers.
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Everything that ever happened is still happening. Past, present and future keep happening in the eternity which is Here and Now.
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My mother is very good in Scrabble. In Boggle, my father is probably better.
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Dance has always been my passion, and I love it.
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In theater and dance, I was trying to win someone's approval, trying to get in, trying to be good. It felt out of my control, whereas music suddenly felt like this free expression. It was fun.
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I wanted to be in 'The Emerald Forest.' I chased that one for six months before it all came about. I wanted to work with John Boorman!
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Being on stage was all about the palpable energy of a rapt audience hopefully buying into a life onstage. The immediate connection with the audience was the best part for me. The camera is not as fun, but your work is preserved forever. There's immortality to it.
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We must never forget that the dance is the cradle of Negro music.
