Claire Shipman Quotes
When we are eager to be shy and humble about our accomplishments, we lose confidence in our abilities.
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Inspired by Alex Haley's 'Roots,' at the age of 11 I began a handwritten Middle Passage story called 'Lawdy, Lawdy, Make Us Free.' I was raised by civil rights activists with a very strong sense of racial history and consciousness.
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I'm too self-serious for a comedy.
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For me, music was a cathartic way to free me from the nut of Ghost. After working on set for 'Power' for 14 hours, it allowed me to pour my sanity and insanity into the music.
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I really enjoy doing films, but I also love television. I certainly would not be against doing some regular television work and being on a show that runs several years.
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Mr. President, it may surprise my colleagues, but I am no fan of federal disaster programs for agriculture. They are difficult to pass and often a disaster to implement.
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My parents are from Manchester but I was brought up in London, Camden Town.
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With aging, you earn the right to be loyal to yourself.
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Marinating chicken in miso adds lots of character to the meat with little work.
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Ladies and babies, and mortgages, for that matter, can all wait. Acting has done a strange thing to me, though. I often sit there, thinking, 'I love this, but I wouldn't put my daughter on the stage.'
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Hollywood forgets easily. I want to be fulfilled and challenged.
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Facts from paper are not the same as facts from people. The reliability of the people giving you the facts is as important as the facts themselves.
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Religion is a matter of the heart. No physical inconvenience can warrant abandonment of one's own religion.
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The lifestyle I lead as a footballer means I am always in the spotlight.
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It's critical that the manager has the respect of players so he can make the moves that he feels is appropriate without having somebody go to the papers. They respect you. So you respect them back.
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It's been a journey, the NBA. It's taken me a lot farther than I ever expected.
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When we were in D.C. my daddy used to cut his hair with a bowl. Crucial. If you're African, Haitan, Jamaican or even more poor than the people in the project, you'll know about that.
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You can have the best training, but just feeling full can make you sluggish and cause you to lose.
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I had Elvis' number in my book and I never called it.
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My extravagance is my garden - it's the first thing I look at every morning when I wake up. It gives me so much pleasure.
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If you were a kid actor, if you had any plans of being an actor as an adult, you were really barking up the wrong tree.
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You must give soldiers reasons to have confidence and pride in themselves, in their leaders, and in their units. Only then will you have loyalty. Loyalty was the primary trait I looked for in soldiers.
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When we are eager to be shy and humble about our accomplishments, we lose confidence in our abilities.
