Cynthia Addai-Robinson Quotes
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The Saudi government's denial of basic rights to women is not only wrong, it hurts Saudi Arabia's economic development, modernization and prosperity.
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The nations of Africa, as is true of every continent of the world, from time to time dispute among themselves. These quarrels must be confined to this continent and quarantined from the contamination of non-African interference.
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The spring wakes us, nurtures us and revitalizes us. How often does your spring come? If you are a prisoner of the calendar, it comes once a year. If you are creating authentic power, it comes frequently, or very frequently.
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A holiday vacation can mean sampling all kinds of new cuisine - whether it's Uncle Joe's award-winning chili or the exotic flavors of Nepal. If your little ones are fussy, be sure to ease mealtime hassles by bringing along a supply of the familiar foods they're accustomed to rejecting at home.
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I'll never do a film because it's a massive budget and I'm gonna get lots of publicity for it and it will bring something else.
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I don't want anybody to dictate to America how to decide our lives.
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It's hard for me to view Baltimore outside the context of what Baltimore has always been in my mind: a violent place.
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I was very involved with school by the time I was 15 and wasn't working much as a model.
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Eazy-E is going to remain Eazy-E. But I will not portray Compton as a bad city.
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After five years in Ferrari, being second all the time, I think it was enough for me.
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I am a bit of a Cheap Pete, but I do spend a fortune on books and false moustaches and practical jokes.
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Contemporary architects tend to impose modernity on something. There is a certain concern for history, but it's not very deep.
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I always send new writers to 'Writer's Digest Books' line-up of how-to books. I read them all when I was starting out, and they were very helpful.
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People say I am cheap, and I don't mind if they do.
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Being serious just makes me a little bit embarrassed.
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We used to play football on the levee, with no shirts on in the summer - August in New Orleans - and my skin would turn red. They'd call me Redskin, Red Apache, then it turned around to Apache Red.
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I don't think I'm better than everyone else at anything, but I am very quick at organizing a big mass of interview tape into a structure.
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And then also I think it's harder for women because comedy is so opposite of being ladylike.
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The big push for me is the Olympics this year. If I'm healthy, I'm not worried about my ranking. I think I can hit the ball. It's just about my body cooperating. It's about being able to play matches in a row. Right now, I'm not sure how much I can do with that, but we'll see.
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I have a lot of male friends.
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It's hard enough to be in a marriage and then have a kid, then kids: it changes everything.
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I have been influenced in my thinking by both west and east.
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I don't think it's necessary to feel guilty. Because I know that I'm still doing the work that is going to help more sisters and brothers to challenge the whole criminal justice system, and I'm trying to use whatever knowledge I was able to acquire to continue to do the work in our communities that will move us forward.
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When I look in the mirror, I see a work in progress.
