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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The Islamist ideology took decades to incubate within our communities, and it will take decades to debunk.
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We are wedded to freedom of expression and shall do nothing to diminish that freedom.
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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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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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You give the guy an Image Award three years in a row and then turn on him like that? If that's the role they want to fulfill, they need to send a clearer message.
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The government of the United States is a device for maintaining in perpetuity the rights of the people, with the ultimate extinction of all privileged classes.
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I just take it as it comes, and if I'm not offered something, there's always a reason, and usually it's a pretty good one. I'm not worried about it. You know, I've had an incredible career, and I'm blessed.
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If I needed to record, I'd head to the coast or Nashville, one or the other.
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In 'Billy Madison,' I worked with Adam before anyone really knew he was Adam Sandler.
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To destroy an offender cannot benefit society so much as to redeem him.
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It’s hard to be ignored When I look at you, you look so bored My baby, my darling, I’ve been taking a beating…Well alright (well alright) It’s okay (it’s okay) We all get the slip sometimes every day I’ll just keep it to myself in the sun In the sun
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One of my favorite episodes was the one in which Homer grew hair. That was a very unique episode, since there was a gay secretary, but that wasn't even the issue of the show-the issue was Homer's image changing because he had hair.
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When I met Dante I didn't work in the movies, but I enjoyed so much the movies. I worked in interior design and when I met Dante, we tried to do something together.
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Once I get out onstage, it's the same sort of basic production that it is anywhere else. But I might be a little bit aware that there might be people I know out there, who wondered where I was.
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It was rough being dark. I got heat from my own people more than anyone else. I remember going to my mom and saying, 'Why am I so black?' And she said, 'Because I'm black. You just gotta always work harder than the average bear.'
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A strong sense of identity gives man an idea he can do no wrong; too little accomplishes the same.
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There's a stereotype that to be a strong black woman is to be strong about being black.
