Willie Parker Quotes
I'm full of clichés - I was raised by a Southern black woman and they had a saying for everything.
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The first job I ever had was at a pool-liner-manufacturing plant. Minimum wage was $4.25, and that's what I was making. It was this huge, hot, un-air-conditioned factory staffed with all women and me. This is in Georgia, during the summertime, so it was pretty ridiculous.
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I didn't audition for 'SNL.' I sent in a tape to 'SNL' the year before I started writing there, but I got the job there through doing stand-up on Fallon.
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I often get mistaken for Dumbledore. One wizard is very much like another.
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I made a lot of money. I earned a lot of money with CNN and satellite and cable television. And you can't really spend large sums of money, intelligently, on buying things. So I thought the best thing I could do was put some of that money back to work - making an investment in the future of humanity.
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A new reader shouldn't be able to find you in your work, though someone who's read more may begin to.
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I don't want to be a Major League coach.
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I am a victim-oriented person. I like to see that the victims know that they have a voice.
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Stock photos are used everywhere on the Net. Chances are, the website you are on right now uses stock photos somewhere - maybe as the featured image of the blog post. This also means that there will always be a large market for stock photographers.
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In the end, crime doesn't pay.
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People are incredible creatures of habit.
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On the fourth day of July following, a party of about two hundred Indians attacked Boonsborough, killed one man, and wounded two.
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I get into all sorts of trouble with my publicists and with newspapers because I won't do photographs.
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At first the English were very surprised by our disregarding the Hague Convention. But from 1916 onward they used at least as much poison as we did.
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Most of the fans of John Lennon and maybe John and Yoko are younger than me.
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Sometimes you usually know the point where to keep your mouth shut.
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I'm terrible remembering lyrics. Before a tour, I have to remind myself. I have to go through the songs.
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When I was a kid, I used to try and hit every ball out of the ground. After playing one-day cricket and Test cricket, I never thought I'd get a chance to play like that again, ever. Twenty20 has given me the opportunity of playing like a kid again. I can just feel free and go out there and hit.
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I have affected the way women are regarded, and that's important to me.
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It's going to be so obvious when something isn't well made for VR. People are going to use the best VR content. That's the stuff that's going to get shown to people. That's the stuff that's going to get demoed. That's most of what people are going to buy.
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I love Elektra. I really have a special place in my heart for her. It was very enjoyable for me to discover her and to adapt her for this project and bring myself to this character. So I have a special spot for her.
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Do not believe a thing because you read it in a book! Do not believe a thing because another has said it so! Find out the truth for yourself.
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Sometimes I worked with just a background of a rock or a tree or black velvet, and just had to imagine the whole thing.
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One time I got dressed in all black, Rambo-style, and took a massive pair of bolt-cutters and nicked a military bike.
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I'm full of clichés - I was raised by a Southern black woman and they had a saying for everything.
