Ricky Whittle Quotes
Growing up, at that time, I didn't want to be black because I was bullied, and I'd tell my mum that I wanted to be white like everyone else at school.
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I loved London. In the 1970s... it was very exciting, really wild.
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God invented love, and it is therefore perfect, and dogs are better at celebrating this perfection than we are. When in doubt as to how we should feel, we could do far worse than trying to live life like the dogs.
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Everybody around the world wants to send their kids to our universities. But nobody wants to send their kids here to public school.
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I'm always glad when people come together to help each other - whether they're raising money for somebody in a bad situation or making a creative piece like a song.
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I don't necessarily like being defined by my profession.
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Polo is a great thing to do with your kids and your family - it is a great day out. And to me, horses are amazing creatures that give you this cable to Earth and put you in contact with nature.
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I think people know that I love food, but maybe people don't know that I cook a lot.
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When someone doesn't react to changes, the changes turn against him.
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The facts are always less than what really happened.
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I love doing hair and makeup and making 'Video Star' videos with my friend, Kendall. I also love to draw. But my life is dance, dance and more dance. I wouldn't want it any other way.
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Remember, social progress only happens when those in society's privileged classes choose to give up their status.
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At the end of the day, I'm a man.
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I can't protect myself when I'm not facing the play.
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I think we'll all keep pushing each other, which is a great thing.
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I'd like to stay in Chicago, but if they don't want me, somebody will.
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I think that Vegas is one of the wildest places I've ever been to. You can look to your left and there's a drag queen getting married by Elvis, to the right there is some old bird sticking quarters into a slot machine for hours.
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Glen Tipton and K.K. Downing are the gods of double-guitar axemanship.
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Human beings place their desires ahead of the collective good.
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I've been working on issues of poverty for more than 20 years, and so it's ironic that the problem that and question that I most grapple with is how you actually define poverty. What does it mean?
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When I was a kid, I hated everything. I was really skinny, and I'd have a milkshake with an egg in it. Growing up, I ate, like, five different foods. I was not an adventurous eater. But as soon as I left home, that all changed and from that point on, I've been a pretty enthusiastic eater of new and strange food.
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I was a pitcher, shortstop and outfielder, and the Yankees tried to sign me out of high school as a first-round draft pick in 1981. I turned them down to go to college.
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I don't like dining rooms. I think they have too much structure and are too formal.
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Growing up, at that time, I didn't want to be black because I was bullied, and I'd tell my mum that I wanted to be white like everyone else at school.
