Ricky Whittle Quotes
Even in 'Hollyoaks,' we were known as 'the black family' as opposed to just 'the new family.' But that's where we are in the world, I guess. It's getting better; everything's heading in the right direction, whether it be race, sex, gender.
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The willingness and ability to live fully in the now eludes many people. While eating your appetizer, don't be concerned with dessert.
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There's a generative material relationship between the material and the image that comes up.
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I love stories. When I'm writing, what I pretend subconsciously is that we're cavemen, we're sitting around the fire, and I'm telling you stories. If I bore you, you're probably going to pick up a big club and hit me over the head.
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Reddit is where anyone can come and tell their real story.
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I'm not a military general, a business guru, not a philosopher or author. It's only me.
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Kids have a weird honesty, especially in their reaction to things where a lot of older people who have matured have lost that.
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And I started as a journalism major at Ohio State, ended up in theater and I love to read.
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Some taxpayers may object to a print journalism bailout on the grounds that it mostly benefits the liberal elite. And we can't blame taxpayers for being reluctant to subsidize the reportorial careers of J-school twerps who should have joined the Peace Corps and gone to Africa to 'speak truth to power' to Robert Mugabe.
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The moon is a friend for the lonesome to talk to.
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I feel that there are a few things in the world without cultural barriers.
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A man has made at least a start on discovering the meaning of human life when he plants shade trees under which he knows full well he will never sit.
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If Shanghai wants to be an international cultural center, they have to do something about that. The reason I left is that I wanted to explore what ballet is all about, and if I had stayed put, that wouldn't have happened.
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My idea of success is not Oscars. Am I glad I have that little trinket? Yes, I am. But it depends on how you define success. The minute I got my first professional cheque from Joel Schumacher, I was successful. Somebody's paying me to act!
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I love Austin for vintage shopping, and there are some really good places in L.A., too.
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If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be closed for any other business.
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None of us had any idea of how successful Downton was going to be. I thought I was signing up for another period drama that had a slightly modern feel. It had a freedom about it because it was coming out of the head of Julian Fellowes. Anything could happen and generally did.
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People come into your life and people leave it... you just have to trust that life has a road mapped out for you.
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There's always been a relationship between the film world and fashion.
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I am against boycotts in general: boycotts against us as well as anything and everything that can be boycotted.
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It's funny - some producers ask me, 'Man, how do you work on a Bieber record? That would kill my career.' I can work on any record there is as long as they are good records and you're pushing things forward.
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My earliest influences were Coco Chanel and Yves Saint Laurent.
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In fact, Russell Crowe once phoned me up to see if I wanted to go to a party but I had to bring my guitar and perform 'Oh Jean.'
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Even in 'Hollyoaks,' we were known as 'the black family' as opposed to just 'the new family.' But that's where we are in the world, I guess. It's getting better; everything's heading in the right direction, whether it be race, sex, gender.
