Morris Chestnut Quotes

I'm kind of a private person, and sometimes it's like pulling teeth to get me to talk.

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• Hispanic unemployment is higher than the national average and when the federal government is killing small businesses and killing jobs it is hurting the future of the Hispanic community and we need to carry that message.

  

  Ted Cruz
  • Future
  • Small
  • Community

• Don't forget I'm from a military family. I was in special training in the army. I am tall, sporty and - how do you say - you can always protect yourself... I have very strong security.

  

  Oleg Deripaska
  • Family
  • Strong
  • Training

• It's okay if you finish cooking something easy after your guests arrive - some dishes must be prepared a la minute, as chefs say. Just remember to keep talking.

  

  Ted Allen
  • Remember
  • Easy
  • Cooking

• I hate the term 'philanthropist.'

  

  J. B. Pritzker
  • Hate
  • Term
  • Philanthropist

• Just to be remembered is good enough for me. Lots of people are forgotten.

  

  Sadie Frost
  • People
  • Good
  • Me

• Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they should never bother about.

  

  W. H. Auden
  • Always
  • Aim
  • Authenticity

• There are some important questions for Syria to answer and to deal with.

  

  Jack Straw
  • Important
  • Question
  • Deal

• What being at leisure means is more easily felt than defined.

  

  Vernon Lee
  • Mean
  • Felt
  • Leisure

• I was never that interested in business, to be honest. I do the minimal amount of business as possible because I'm not actually interested in it as a thing. But some people are interested in it, and there's nothing wrong with that.

  

  Mick Jagger The Rolling Stones
  • People
  • Business
  • Thing

• Against the backdrop of people who avoid work, cut corners, and do half-hearted jobs, a diligent man stands out. Practicing diligence is an excellent way to stand out for Christ at home, in the workplace, and even at church. Today, complete each one of your tasks, however big or small, with diligence.

  

  David Jeremiah
  • People
  • Work
  • Men

• Sanity lies somewhere between the inhibitions of conventional morality and the looseness of extreme impulse, but the area in-between is very fuzzy.

  

  Chogyam Trungpa
  • Lies
  • Impulse
  • Fuzzy

• It is not the accumulation of extraneous knowledge, but the realization of the self within, that constitutes true progress.

  

  Okakura Kakuzo
  • True
  • Knowledge
  • Progress

• I am disappointed with America. And there can be no great disappointment where there is not great love. I am disappointed with our failure to deal positively and forthrightly with the triple evils of racism, economic exploitation, and militarism. We are presently moving down a dead-end road that can lead to national disaster. America has strayed to the far country of racism and militarism.

  

  Martin Luther King, Jr.
  • America
  • Racism
  • Disaster

• When I was younger, I was insecure for about 10 years: I wore glasses, had a cow's lick, buck teeth and braces. I looked ridiculous.

  

  Jack Whitehall
  • Glasses
  • Teeth
  • Braces

• I really cut my teeth on off-off-off Broadway shows.

  

  Bea Arthur
  • Teeth
  • Broadway
  • Cut

• I don't care what anybody says about Ringo. I cut my rock-n-roll teeth listening to him.

  

  Don Henley The Eagles
  • Listening
  • Rock N Roll
  • Teeth

• When asked if I consider myself Buddhist, the answer is, Not really. But it's more my religion than any other because I was brought up with it in an intellectual and spiritual environment. I don't practice or preach it, however.

  

  Uma Thurman
  • Up
  • Myself
  • Environment

• I'm kind of a private person, and sometimes it's like pulling teeth to get me to talk.

  

  Morris Chestnut
  • Teeth
  • Private Person