Eric Reid Quotes
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I shouldn't say this, but I always love the sidekicks. I want to do a leading-lady role in a film - absolutely. But I find that a lot of times I get attracted to the sidekick role. They stand out a little more because they're quirkier, they're funnier, they're crazier.
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When I lead essay workshops, I ask students to come up with at least five topics, which they'll narrow down to one. The winning idea should be the story the student is most excited to tell because it honestly reflects his or her best self.
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Turn your attention for a while away from the worries and anxieties. Remind yourself of all your many blessings.
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I'm lucky in that I don't like sweet things at all. My father loved cakes to such a degree that he kept forcing them down my throat when I was little, and it put me off for life. He had terrible cholesterol, poor thing.
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I want to live in a country that is not just a place but also an idea, and Jerusalem is the heart of the idea. There may be practical considerations, but a country cannot exist without an ethos, and Jerusalem is an ethos.
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As an Asian-American actor, I believe it is important to never settle for the status quo. I feel a responsibility to do everything in my power to create positive perceptions of Asian Americans through my work.
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There is a lot of noise out there. I don't want to follow the trend - I want to create the trend.
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I was a social worker for Baltimore families. Now I'm a social worker building opportunities for families throughout America.
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In my books, there is no 'ugly duckling turning into a beautiful swan' syndrome because if you look at the Hansel and Gretel syndrome, it was a mistake. It wasn't a duckling, it was a cygnet, and that's why it turned into a swan. The duckling should with any luck turn into a nice clucking duck and get on with its life. Cluck! Cluck! Cluck!
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I definitely love Australia. I've been to Sydney and Melbourne a couple of times, and I love those places.
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One way to reduce the need for layoffs would be to cut back on hours, spreading the available work among more employees.
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It scares me to think that one day I'm not going to be in school anymore.
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When you reach 50, what you care about is being honest, being accurate, and being an example.
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I look upon another's insistence on the merits of his or her life - duties, intellect, accomplishment - and see that most of it is nonsense.
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Who am I? Not the body, because it is decaying; not the mind, because the brain will decay with the body; not the personality, nor the emotions, for these also will vanish with death.
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I've done it all. I'm thankful and proud of what I've accomplished in my life. I hope to keep doing it.
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I think anyone that isn't fired up right now shouldn't probably be out here.
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Catalytic oxidation in living substances rests upon change of valency in an iron compound which is the respiratory oxygen-transferring ferment.
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We are not in the business of iron ore. Whatever captive iron ore sources we have, we use it to make steel.
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You know, punk bands now sell with one record - their first or second record - sell 10 times the amount of records than the Ramones did throughout their career with 20-something records. That's why I go over to Johnny Ramone's house and do yard work three times a week, just to absolve some of the guilt.
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I love the look of full brows that aren't perfectly done - eyebrows on fleek: that's the goal.
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You don't win as a party unless you become a bigger party.
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I'm a man of my word.
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I try not to look too far ahead.
