Carl Forti Quotes
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Everyone in society should be a role model, not only for their own self-respect, but for respect from others.
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I see Americans of every party, every background, every faith who believe that we are stronger together: black, white, Latino, Asian, Native American; young, old; gay, straight; men, women, folks with disabilities, all pledging allegiance under the same proud flag to this big, bold country that we love. That's what I see. That's the America I know!
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I worked on 'Lonesome Dove' three weeks all together. When I heard they were doing it, I wanted to be involved since I'd read the book.
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I don't care what the critics say or think because I care for and love my fans.
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I don't avoid anything. In my songs I just choose to talk about certain things, and so yeah, there are some aspects of my character and personality that don't come out.
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Being on a television series is sort of life-altering on every level.
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I've never actually directed anything I haven't made up. I've never adapted anything.
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I'm Cuban, so I like a bit of curve. I just want my booty to have a little lift!
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I have a great support network - my family, my model agency Storm, and people I work with in the fashion industry. And, of course, there are all my followers on Twitter who stop me from feeling lonely; I love them all. They keep me grounded.
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I realised there were no good role models for kids. Popeye eats spinach, but also smokes and hits people.
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Hollywood needs to recognise all shades of African American beauty.
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I like Thomas Jefferson, though he intimidated me. I thought he would have been very tough to be around. I don't know if he had such a sense of humor.
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The nanofibrillar scaffolds designed to guide the process of cellular repopulation is an important step towards prolonging life and enhancing the quality of life for patients with advanced heart disease with defective valve.
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Feminism was about making women's lives less constrained and giving them more choices.
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I've also gotten messages from men and women who are not the most attractive, in their minds, or are self-conscious about their weight. They're thanking me for doing songs like 'Proud Mary' and shaking a tailfeather, because they say I seem real comfortable in my skin and it made them want to be comfortable in theirs.
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One of the issues facing us today is that there are countries where there is a serious lack of resources, the standards of living are very low, and this creates a fundamental unease and discomfort in entire populations.
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It would be really hard to get serious about anything political today unless it was a joke.
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I'm curvy.
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That means more to me, truthfully, than commercial success. To be a loved human being is much more important to me then any of those other things.
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The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it.
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I've always written about social concerns. My first book was about Spanish Harlem.
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In Washington, there's always an effort to label people.
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I always feel like the art's there and I just see it, so it's not really a lot of work.
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I've always tried to stay behind the scenes, and I intend to keep it that way.
