Rae Dawn Chong Quotes
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The lights go down, you hear the applause and you're up there, and then everything else is forgotten.
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The white man made the mistake of letting me read his history books. He made the mistake of teaching me that Patrick Henry was a patriot and George Washington – wasn't nothing non-violent about old Pat or George Washington.
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When you're not under a 'series regular' contract, and other jobs come up, you try to juggle everything.
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Sometimes love is stronger than a man's convictions.
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I think that as you get older, you become aware of everything that could go wrong.
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When you're making movies you've got to get obsessive.
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I can't remember 16 bars. Unless you write it, you can't. I just do it bar for bar.
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Look before you leap for as you sow, ye are like to reap.
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When you negotiate with terrorists, you get more terror.
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If you tell me I can't eat something, I'll obsess over it and end up overeating!
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The goal of Dr. Martin Luther King is to give Negroes a chance to sit in a segregated restaurant beside the same white man who had brutalized them for 400 years.
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We're really going after truly creating sustainability of a disease-free state, creating a complete system for managing cancer patients for life, so that you can manage from onset of disease all the way through.
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For it would have been better that man should have been born dumb, nay, void of all reason, rather than that he should employ the gifts of Providence to the destruction of his neighbor.
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When there's an authentic mystery, as opposed to just a question being asked, that's what makes you lean forward.
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100% of Net-a-porter customers have a man in their lives in some capacity, and 59% are married or living with a partner.
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Once you do one bad guy, usually all you get offered is bad guys.
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The imminent demise of the church has been predicted since the middle of the 18th century. This is the regular secular mantra if churchgoing declines. I could take you to plenty of churches that are full to bursting and new churches being built.
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You will always see big, chunky bags around me. I have always been fond of bags. Bags are extremely essential because I keep my books in them.
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One of the best animated films I've seen come out of Disney was the Tarzan movie. I wasn't crazy about the story or the design on Tarzan's face, but the traditional animation was spectacular.
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People are predominant in my paintings. Although they are not obvious, you can feel their presence.
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I love to take something ordinary and make it really special.
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Writing is like getting married. One should never commit oneself until one is amazed at one's luck.
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All the arts come from God and are to be respected as divine inventions.
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You can seduce a man without taking anything off, without even touching him.
