Ayana Mathis Quotes
There's a stereotype that to be a strong black woman is to be strong about being black.
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For my film 'Fashion,' like an investigative journalist, I went about knowing the people, the models, the fashion designers. Similarly with the corporate world.
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I used to trip over my legs and get detention for my too-short shorts because none fit. I still trip, but now I like to show them off.
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The Islamist ideology took decades to incubate within our communities, and it will take decades to debunk.
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Of all Iraq's rocket scientists, none drew warier scrutiny abroad than Modher Sadeq-Saba Tamimi.
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Writing never comes easy. The difference between Page 2 and Page Nothing is the difference between life and death.
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We are wedded to freedom of expression and shall do nothing to diminish that freedom.
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It really comes down to being able to inspire others by being comfortable with yourself. You have to show girls that everyone is different; everyone has things they don't like, but they work it and walk the runway.
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You know the greatest thing about working on 'Fallon?' I get so many anonymous gifts.
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Any kind of restrictions put on free speech would have worse consequences than bullying.
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Woman begins by resisting a man's advances and ends by blocking his retreat.
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In the end, crime doesn't pay.
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September 11 stands on its own as a terrible tragedy.
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I get into all sorts of trouble with my publicists and with newspapers because I won't do photographs.
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I'm looking forward to writing more novels for young adults.
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It wasn't easy getting 'GoodFellas' started.
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All the Junos, the Grammy nominations, the gold and platinum records, did nothing to assuage my conviction that I was an out-and-out loser.
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What made me move up to welterweight was all the effort I was doing, to look at my health and have a good life. I wanted to stop sacrificing so much.
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There are many more serial killers living outside the prison walls than inside.
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I worked for half a cent a word. I'm not a fast writer to begin with, so for the first few years I had do other things.
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I like 'Shameless.' The first season I just watched it straight through. I literally didn't get up. I just had to finish it.
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I must say that it's easy to write nice things about Chicago because it's that kind of town.
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I have never been a star; I'm just an old character bag.
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We need to take responsibility and educate people. That's why black folks don't like me. I always say it's our responsibility to make safe neighborhoods. It's our job to get them cleaned up.
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There's a stereotype that to be a strong black woman is to be strong about being black.
