Yancy Butler Quotes
I think sometimes women who are supposed to be strong are also written as mean and vindictive.
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Sometimes when I'm going to the supermarket to get the coffee and cat litter, I get freaked out and see all these people staring, and you turn around and there's, like, 40 people all looking at you... and when you go around the corner, they're all following you! You start freaking out like a trapped animal.
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Our life ripples out, and it has influence. That's why it's important that we're at our best and that we're influencing others for the good.
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I don't get offered leading parts. I suppose I've become a kind of character actor or sideman. I think it had to do with probably in the '90s, I refused so many leading roles that they gave up on me, or I just became unpopular, or I became old. All those reasons.
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Despite the obvious benefits, many Americans do not like Texas. Some even say they despise Texas, and make no secret of their feelings.
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I never really like to skate in an empty ice rink; I always need the attention of an audience.
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Irony is a clear consciousness of an eternal agility, of the infinitely abundant chaos.
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When you play for one run, that's usually all you get. I have nothing against the bunt in its place, but most of the time, that place is in the bottom of a long-forgotten closet.
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Being a model, you're always the product of somebody else's vision.
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I always look at the work of fashion designers as if they were art.
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It's okay to be a fat man. It's prestige and power and all of that. But fat women are seen as just lazy and stupid and having no self-control.
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A pitcher will never be a big winner until he hates hitters.
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It is only human supremacy, which is as unacceptable as racism and sexism, that makes us afraid of being more inclusive.
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I believe in only one thing: liberty; but I do not believe in liberty enough to want to force it upon anyone.
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If I bring up political power, personal power, it sounds like they're my terms, and they're not.
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My partner has to have good sized bones.
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Let the people on both sides keep their self-possession, and just as other clouds have cleared away in due time, so will this, and this great nation shall continue to prosper as before.
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An employee who's one of hundreds, rather than one of a few, is unlikely to feel personally responsible for helping the organization adapt and change.
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The gravest risks from al Qaeda combine its affinity for big targets and its announced desire for weapons of mass destruction.
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I'm a huge advocate for human rights and cultural rights. I stand up for minorities and will always continue to do so.
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Often, when you're on a movie set, you're miserable. It's cold. You're hungry. You're tired. It's still dark out. And yet, there's no place I'd rather be. It's the happiest I am, and the most calm.
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I was born in a Muslim family and Muslim women suffer under Islam.
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Our young people are out on the streets looking for parties, a place to dance, looking for a scene. No institutions are providing them with alternatives, fun things to do that don't necessarily have alcohol at the center.
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Pin thy faith to no man's sleeve. Hast thou not two eyes of thy own?
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I think sometimes women who are supposed to be strong are also written as mean and vindictive.
