Rebecca Traister Quotes
'Living Single' was on in early 1990s - the show about Queen Latifah living with a bunch of friends. And then there's 'Friends,' and that's called the groundbreaking show about unmarried adults living in New York!
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I am completely in favour of dialogue and engagement. But it must be a true, open dialogue.
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My first introduction to television, and really just the business in general, was working with David Lynch, with his incredibly open, creative mind that was not following any rules. I didn't know it, because I hadn't been in the business.
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Well, I was born in El Paso, Texas, it was in the nearest hospital to the family farm.
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Conviction without experience makes for harshness.
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Some people say I'm conscious, some say I'm a gangsta rapper – it's just me doing me. I'm stomping in my own lane. I'm doing what I do.
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If you want to be fully convinced of the abominations of slavery, go on a southern plantation, and call yourself a negro trader. Then there will be no concealment; and you will see and hear things that will seem to you impossible among human beings with immortal souls.
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I'm not going to disappear.
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I don't dictate the solos and I don't dictate the vocal harmonies.
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Sometimes the characters I find the most compelling are in independent movies. With independent scripts people can take more challenges.
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The Romney-Ryan plan would replace the guarantee of Medicare with a voucher that wouldn't keep up with costs. Congressman Ryan says that he wants Medicare to be around for his grandkids. Well, if that's the case, he had better vote for Barack Obama!
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A million dollars in the presidential election is a spit in the ocean. It's not a lot of money.
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But I thought love would more than prevail.
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Comic-Con is a special kind of crazy.
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Anyone could be in the orchestra, or sports team, or arts club at my school. It was precisely the kind of inclusivity that now meets with a sort of scorn and derision as a prizes-for-all culture that generates only mediocrity. There's something so insulting about the idea that including lots of people means mediocrity.
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You do not get gold stars for cleaning your toilet. In actual life, there is a depressing lack of stickers.
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Look for rash guards that come treated, for further sun protection, and never forget your hat!
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If you're going to make the argument that Fox is conservative, you can't make it very easily unless you diminish my role.
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I don't want to sound like the old guy, but cynicism is a potential danger. It colors our way of looking at the world.
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We had bills to pay. My dad wasn't working, and it was tough for my mom. People were always raising the rent, so I had to work, too. Everybody in the house worked to pay the rent.
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It's not good to focus on one person or two persons about being your rivals. The important thing is just to train hard and be ready for the competition and to prepare for the races so that in case of anything that comes out, you are able to handle it.
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I always wanted to act. To be with my friends. To share something with the audience about the human condition.
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There are no ambitions noble enough to justify breaking someone's heart.
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We're getting so pulled in by computers and technology, and our kids have their face in the computers all day. The human relationship is being diminished by this.
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'Living Single' was on in early 1990s - the show about Queen Latifah living with a bunch of friends. And then there's 'Friends,' and that's called the groundbreaking show about unmarried adults living in New York!
