Wendell Pierce Quotes
I played trumpet for about two weeks. Sixth grade. And I didn't practice. Maybe a little longer than two weeks, but I didn't practice and I was faking it.

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In our league, it comes right down to the end.
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All achievements, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea.
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What men value in this world is not rights but privileges.
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I am prepared to oppose a Jim Crow army till I rot in jail.
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Ice cream was my undoing, and six chocolate milk shakes in a row were nothing to me at one time.
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I have to say I have never been comfortable with somebody else telling me what to do - in any way.
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When it comes to the hijab - why to wear it, whether to wear it, how to wear it - there is theology and then there is practice, and there is huge diversity in both.
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I did a guest appearance on The Practice and loved it.
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We are all meant to be mothers of God, for God is always needing to be born.
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I played trumpet for about two weeks. Sixth grade. And I didn't practice. Maybe a little longer than two weeks, but I didn't practice and I was faking it.