George Elliott Clarke Quotes
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As cheesy as it sounds, all my eggs were never in just one basket. I had a thousand baskets going on.
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To gain strength in our struggles, we must have a positive perspective of the principles in the plan of salvation. We must realize that we have a personal Savior whom we can trust and turn to in our times of need.
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For my parents' generation, the idea was not that marriage was about some kind of idealized, romantic love; it was a partnership. It's about creating family; it's about creating offspring. Indian culture is essentially much more of a 'we' culture. It's a communal culture where you do what's best for the community - you procreate.
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There aren't many athletes who follow their hearts. They choose to go somewhere to win more and earn more money. They're like gypsies.
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On the taxing of banks, we have to find the level at which they squeal but still pay and open up the next day.
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I'm not sure if I want to continue to work when I have kids.
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I was always active as a kid. I was a professional figure skater for many years and I was a dancer, so it's just been part of my life, and I think that creates a certain body type.
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A lot of times people hide their quirks when they're first getting to know a person.
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I don't really know if I'm writing the kind of roles that Meryl Streep and Julianne Moore would play. Jessica Lange on 'American Horror Story' is a little bit more my cup of tea.
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Individual responsibility, hard work, paying attention in school, faith, family all these things are important.
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I love Saturday nights with my best friend and a big bowl of pasta, wanting a good scare, something that will say, 'Listen, your life is not as bad as this. Your life can be so much worse.'
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Acts of injustice done Between the setting and the rising sun In history lie like bones, each one.
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I can carry a tune with a three-note range. Once I'm out of that range, I'm in trouble.
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Not a lot of people get a second chance. And I think for a while there, my name kind of got in my way a bit, based on all of the television I was fortunate enough to do. But after a while, you sort of wear out your welcome in that genre, in that medium.
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We have to promote a movie. It's just extraordinary that everybody I'm talkin' to loves this movie.
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We're the biggest food and agriculture company in the world.
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For me, rehearsal is very important, and I spend a lot of time doing it. Also, I work with my acting teacher for hours and hours before walking onto any set.
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We all know that there are different scripted programs out there, and we're all facing the same challenges in terms of ratings and everything else, but I think that there is a lot of opportunity to be had as well, and what I'm excited to do is to get to explore that.
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I like cartoons. I like 'Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends.' It's funny! It has things that kids wouldn't get. It's like, if you're mature, you get it. I like that and 'The Fairly OddParents.'
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As far being the face of boxing, I don't like to name myself that. I leave that up to the media and the fans.
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I definitely enjoy the kind of magic that happens being on stage with a group when everything's working. The vibe when that's happening gets even better if the audience is involved and you can feel that interaction. That's something you don't get with your headphones on in a studio; it's much different.
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There's so many things that mattered so much in my 20s and 30s that don't matter now.
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The rumble of a subway train, the rattle of the taxis.
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Boxing remains an important living metaphor of the struggle for equality.
