Ernie Barnes Quotes
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If a group of people feels that it has been humiliated and that its honour has been trampled underfoot, it will want to express its identity and this expression of an identity will take different shapes and forms.
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Thou shalt not give birth reluctantly.
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If we focus on loving others the way God does, scripture says that we will be fulfilling His whole law.
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Anybody can be a rapper, but not anybody can be a classical artist.
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I like writing people from a slightly sharp angle and then throwing more light on them. I think in life we see somebody and make judgments very quickly about who they are and what they are. Or we think people are boring because they appear ordinary.
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If I didn't play tennis I don't know where I'd be.
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My father taught me that one of the most important abilities in life is to be able to take the pain and persevere, and for years this lesson had served me well.
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Pleasure and love are the pinions of great deeds.
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‘Here we go again,’ he thought. ‘Drink and reminiscence. Another day of wasted time. They’re right when they say we drink too much out here. And we slobber too much over ourselves....We’re all sorry for ourselves because we’re not big executives or artists or happily married men in a civilized temperate climate.’
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My hairstyle is not common in India, where my parents come from.
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I have not looked at any of the 'Pretender' Web sites. I'm scared of the Internet.
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'Eastbound & Down' is giving you a rhythm. It's just a whole different vibe with improv. As an actor I just kind of exercise within my environment and adjust depending on where I'm at.
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People are always telling me to shut up about Chicago.
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In this industry, where things change so quickly, I've found that having no expectations is the happiest way to go.
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Feed the troops on victory.
John Monash -
I love artists that just do what they do with so much passion and emotion.
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I'm not obsessed with the rights of women; it can be a bit excessive. I want to put men and women on an equal footing. I think we are equal but different.
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'Let's go out and buy a statistically average meal from a large multinational restaurant chain. That usually fixes about seventy-five percent of life's problems.'
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The great doctors all got their education off dirt pavements and poverty - not marble floors and foundations.
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But I really want to be an artist, so therefore I have to live a little bit like a monk.
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The main thing in acting is honesty, to feel the humanity and get to the essence of the character. You can't put anything into a character that you haven't got within you.
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As far as I am concerned, I resign from humanity. I no longer want to be, nor can still be, a man. What should I do? Work for a social and political system, make a girl miserable? Hunt for weaknesses in philosophical systems, fight for moral and esthetic ideals? It’s all too little. I renounce my humanity even though I may find myself alone. But am I not already alone in this world from which I no longer expect anything?
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We are blind to each other's humanity.
