Rae Dawn Chong Quotes
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I wish the world could better know this country for what it really is. Not just a greedy economic giant crouching fearfully behind its walls, not just a panoplied warrior nervously fingering his weapons. What is this, is a people who gather together in thousands to give a people's government its essential vitality.
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Dr. Phil is hiding something. Otherwise, why wouldn't he use his last name?
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I know I'm in the exceptional position of having money, but I didn't have it for many decades. I'm always trying to get shows put on for 25 per cent less production costs.
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If I get involved in a charity, I really want to be a part of it. I don't want to just put my name on your pamphlet.
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May the soul of the late President Milton Obote... a long-time member of this parliament, rest in peace.
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I would convert to Judaism if the operation didn't hurt so much.
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I don't think many of us launched ourselves into the world of writing books fully formed.
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If you haven't got it. Fake it! Too short? Wear big high heels, but do practice walking!
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I like it when my wife is in her jeans, with very little makeup. But, I also appreciate the range - the different ways she can look. The moment she walks out all dressed up and... whoa! That's always good.
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I got into politics because I was tired of complaining.
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I'd never stop traveling, and I love bringing my family along with me. My children have points of reference everywhere, friends from Milan to Los Angeles. I think it's really fun for them.
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I don't make any distinction between a popular TV series or blockbuster film and doing Shakespeare. They're different, but as long as the material is good and the intention is honourable, it's all the same to me.
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Archery requires very sensitive muscles.
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There is not one New York but thousands - mixed-up conurbations and microclimates with their own internal logics and charms, dreams and juxtapositions, faces and tongues.
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There's a good deal in common between the mind's eye and the TV screen, and though the TV set has all too often been the boobtube, it could be, it can be, the box of dreams.
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I recognize myself to be an intensely naive person. Most novelists are, despite frequent pretensions to deep socio-political insight.
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I think we're the first generation to successfully integrate American society.
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Let's overwhelm the Castro regime with iPhones, iPads, American cars and American ingenuity.
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I've been to Chennai several times for modelling shows and shooting ad films. It's a great place to come back to because the people are warm and welcoming. I've never had the opportunity to actually see the city, but whatever places I've been to have really caught my attention.
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I've always had a problem with conventional punctuation of dialogue because it does seem to me to set it off too much from the narrative. I mean, in life, things don't stop while somebody says something, and then stuff starts up again; it's all happening at once.
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Love is not fashionable anymore; the poets have killed it.
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Do stuff that scares you on a regular basis. I think it's good for the body and for the mind.
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I love wearing green, and I like grey and black, but I don't think they really suit me.
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I have a good mind but I don't like to bore anyone with it.
