Alice Childress Quotes
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When a culture has fallen totally away from spiritual pursuits into materialism, one must begin by demonstrating they are each a soul, not a material animal.
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I dread shooting with animals. I hope I never get a script with snakes.
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I don't think you should always stay calm in a tense situation, because you might not ever confront the problem. Maybe it's better to actually let yourself be tense - and find a solution.
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Everything that has happened to me has been amazing and surprising.
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I don't think it is so difficult to solve the problems between Cuba and the United States; it all depends on whether there is a dialogue, a discussion, or if the prejudices and hatred of people like the extremists and terrorists from the Cuban community, who try to impose their policies, prevail.
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In a strange way, I'm way more comfortable onstage than anywhere else.
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When I'm not near the girl I love, I love the girl I'm near.
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It became obvious in 1957 that I was endangering my health by carrying so much weight.
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I love westerns. I've always wanted to do a western.
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You don't want to influence the same system you are trying to forecast.
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There's apparently soccer leagues that they've set up with young Indian girls.
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To die alone, on rock under sun at the brink of the unknown, like a wolf, like a great bird, seems to me very good fortune indeed.
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Somewhere we went wrong We were once so strong Our love is like a song You can't forget it at all.
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Molti consigli de le donne sonoMeglio improviso, ch'a pensarvi, usciti.
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The pilot of 'Seinfeld' was made and dropped. 'Seinfeld' was not supposed to go to series.
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At a time of economic recession, the need for Medicaid and other safety net services is even greater. And we don't want to raise taxes on people who are having a tough time paying their bills.
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I got thrown out of music school for even listening to Fats Domino and Ray Charles. I was asked, 'What kind of music do you like to listen to?' and I said, 'Well, I do like Paul Hindemith and Igor Stravinsky but I also like Fats Domino and Ray Charles,' and they literally said, 'Either forget about that or leave.'
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When I was a kid, I had ambitions for being a television announcer, which was before television took off, you know, in the late '40s. And just through necessity, going out looking for work, I was starting to sing, and dance, and act, and I never expected to do that, nor to have any success at it at least.
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My first professional job was to sell heavy-duty waterless cookware.
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Fewer women would have abortions if wombs had windows.
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It became obvious to me that the risk that I saw, and still feel, of losing the continuity of advice from the chief medical officer who has been immersed in this since the beginning of the outbreak.
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I don't listen to music before a race - my coach doesn't like it, he thinks I might lose my focus and concentration.
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After all, the supreme virtue in all art is soul, perhaps it is the only thing which gives art a right to be.
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The Black writer explains pain to those who inflict it.
