Nargis Fakhri Quotes
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Well, I'm Canadian. True, north, strong, and free.
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I always focused on being an actor. I did stand-up briefly, but I also did a lot of dramatic work. But since I've been on 'The Daily Show,' people think I'm a comedian. That's not how I see myself.
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I say I have Spanish in me, but I'm not just Spanish. I'm proud of my ethnicities, and I will always be proud of being a Filipino.
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I kind of have my little OCD wood shed at my house where everything is just right when I go write.
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I decided to be heterosexual because I felt like that's the life God intended me to live.
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I despise making the most of one's time. Half of the pleasures of life consist of the opportunities one has neglected.
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Usually, it's the guys who want to get better so they can get more playing time who are always in the gym.
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My father is an amazing person.
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Increase of material comforts, it may be generally laid down, does not in any way whatsoever conduce to moral growth.
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You're not going to see me ever be partisan. I'll never take a position on a candidate or an issue.
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Taste is one of the five senses, and the man who tells us with priggish pride that he does not care what he eats is merely boasting of his sad deficiency: he might as well be proud of being deaf or blind, or, owing to a perpetual cold in the head, of being devoid of the sense of smell.
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One of the biggest things that happens to many people when they have kids is that you suddenly realize that you're not going to last forever. You know there is another generation who are the heroes of their own stories, and that is humbling.
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Instead of hating, I have chosen to forgive and spend all of my positive energy on changing the world.
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When you're on a movie set and you are hopefully making a comedy, everyone's stifling their laughter. You're looking at the crew guys, hoping someone is making that face like, and not like, this is not working out, man.
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The liberties of a people never were, nor ever will be, secure, when the transactions of their rulers may be concealed from them.
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'LazyTown' is on a mission to move the world to be a healthier place. When we get kids moving, we get their families moving. And when families move, we are one step closer to moving the world. Move the body, move the mind, every day.
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I haven't sold to the movies. In other words, I haven't gotten any enormous checks yet.
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'A Different World' didn't have the blazing success that 'Cosby' had, but it was on for seven seasons, and we got a lot of awards, and a lot of faces came out of that show and have had great careers.
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Paris is one of the fashion capitals of the world and such an incredible breeding ground for designers. You can't help but find it an inspiring place.
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I had the fortune to evolve at a time when fashion was very important, and women dressed themselves very well. A woman who dressed very well also had a husband who would have beautiful collections of art and decorative objects.
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But I must own that I also felt stirred by an unselfish desire to voice all the joys and sorrows, the hopes and ambitions, of the American Negro, in classic musical form.
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I can't read music. That's not where I come from musically. I come strictly from feeling, and that feeling comes from rock & roll.
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For me, fashion means dare. I don't mind wearing a bikini. I am okay with it.
