Nat Hentoff Quotes
Do not categorize about music. You take each musician at the time and open yourself to that musician.
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This was just one of many times God has spared me.
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I am not saying we are categorizing Ellen White in the biblical context of a false prophet.
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I'm a normal girl. I don't go out much, and I don't know what is enjoyment.
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I have a preference for film just because of the familiarity. It's what I know, and I sort of have nostalgia for it.
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I wasn't very good as a puppet. A lot of times in a movie, you need a really good puppeteer: you're sort of a puppet, and you're doing what you can. But I always, from the beginning, was kind of making up my own stuff from stand-up and sort of directing myself, so I wasn't very good in movies where I didn't have control.
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Anything - a destination, a person - that has some mystery around it becomes exciting and attractive.
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Frankly, we actresses are so much in a hurry. We feel we have very few years to shine in our career, so we neglect our personal life. But for me, both aspects are equally important. I don't want to grow old and have regrets.
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Black women, whose experience is unique, are seldom recognized as a particular social-cultural entity and are seldom thought to be important enough for serious scholarly consideration.
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I'm often accused of being prudish, but the opposite is true.
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So many actors started on soap operas. So yeah, I'd graduated Julliard and done some theater. I've done a few guest spots on TV but nothing that long-term. I did a little 'E.R.' back when it was on, and a pilot for 'Cold Case.'
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When I look at the arc of my career, my focus is on lyricism, right? I own that.
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San Francisco is gone. Nothing remains of it but memories.
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I know all the books of the Bible.
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I drive a big Dodge truck. I drive American cars.
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There are people who wonder if faith is real. I can tell you, in my family there is not a second of doubt.
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'Egalitarians' who complain about inequality view the wealth of the wealthiest as bad in itself: it disfigures society. They would enact a wealth tax to extirpate the offending wealth.
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'Desperate Housewives' is an ensemble cast, where I played a tertiary character. I made a lot of great friends, but that show didn't keep me very busy.
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I find, in being black, a thing of beauty: a joy; a strength; a secret cup of gladness.
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Living your life is a long and doggy business. . . . And stories and books help. Some help you with the living itself. Some help you just take a break. The best do both at the same time.
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It wasn't my dream to make music. It was just something I ended up doing, and no one said stop.
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Failure has been the great theme of my life, I think.
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It's like half the campaign of selling a record is trying to convince people that you're an artist. Well, I am an artist. This is what I do.
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Do not categorize about music. You take each musician at the time and open yourself to that musician.
