Wanda Coleman (the L.A. Blueswoman) Quotes
Many have referred to [Lewis] Carroll's rhymes as nonsense, but in my childhood world — Los Angeles in the '50s — they made perfect sense.
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I got a New York designer to build my dream store here, which is a little bit of Florence in New York. It's like the Duomo on Madison. I got inspired by Santa Maria Novella and all the Renaissance architecture.
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My father's a Southern Baptist minister. I wasn't lighting cars on fire; I just wasn't.
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It's not about 'succeeding,' but sometimes on a film, you know you've captured something.
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There are essential elements for our public schools to fully develop the potential of both students and educators. They should be centers of community, where students, families and educators work together to support student success. They should foster collaboration.
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I knew the ribosome was going to be the focus of Nobel prizes. It stands at the crossroads of biology, between the gene and what comes out of the gene. But I had convinced myself I was not going to be a winner.
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I took religion much too seriously, however, and its overall effect was depressing. I would have really liked to discard it, but somehow I couldn't.
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Too many times, the international community has not prepared the post-conflict period in time.
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Audiences are very willing to be taken somewhere, and to ask an audience beforehand what it wants is probably, I think, a mistake. Much better you should tell them what you want and hope they agree with it.
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A new era of responsibility is here.
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What joy would I get from putting the wrong person behind bars?
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White folks hear the blues come out, but they don't know how it got there.
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It pays to cultivate popularity. It doubles success possibilities, develops manhood, and builds up character.
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Change is not only likely, it's inevitable.
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I have lots of memories of my father. He was an incredible father. We all loved him to death.
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I've had a job since I was 11. I had a paper route, I worked at a video store, I was a toy doll at FAO Schwartz when I was in high school. And I think that it's made me really disciplined when it came to pursuing acting, because I had no clue how to go about it.
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Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.
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It's not that I am not emotional, but I am extremely secure and curb it, as I am afraid to let go and be broken. So, I have cultivated myself to be detached in life, specially where movies are concerned.
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I love the physicality side of roles, I really do, And when I get to do my own stunts, it's that much cooler. I'll do anything the production safety people will let me.
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The only weapon we have is the comedy.
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It's time for greatness - not for greed. It's a time for idealism - not ideology. It is a time not just for compassionate words, but compassionate action.
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I'm not the perfect model of what an athlete should be, mentally or physically.
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If it's a good book, anyone will read it. I'm totally unashamed about still reading things I loved in my childhood.
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As women we try so hard to be perfect at everything, all the time. It's impossible.
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Many have referred to [Lewis] Carroll's rhymes as nonsense, but in my childhood world — Los Angeles in the '50s — they made perfect sense.
