Zainab Salbi Quotes
My message to the world is that until we recognize that peace is not just the absence of war but the revival of life on the "backlines," where women are keeping kids in school, caring for the sick and injured, and daily negotiating space for the continuation of critical life processes of this nature, we're going to continue to miss the point.
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When I started out back in Louisville, there was Harry Collins. He was my first teacher. He saw that I was so obsessed with magic that he taught me the love of magic.
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Well Sid Pollack was... He was I would say probably, probably the most influential on me.
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I can no longer walk in the street. That's over.
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What Washington needs is adult supervision.
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It's a different era. Our job now is to show leadership and vision and to help the next generation of artists.
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Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded.
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The sound of the blades on the ice in the morning is like smelling fresh coffee.
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The first drama thing I really got stuck into was 'A Midsummer Night's Dream.' I played Puck. That's when I said, 'I want to be an actor.'
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And we've got a toaster and everything. So there is no reason for the wedding.
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Television shows and movies that are all white, I can't watch them. They totally alienate me.
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Mister Cee's a legend, man.
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I want to reach the heights of stardom beyond my imagination.
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Set religion free, and a new humanity will begin.
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Boundaries are actually the main factor in space, just as the present, another boundary, is the main factor in time.
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I can't inhabit my characters until I know what kind of work they do. This requires research because my jobs for the last decade have been author and professor, and I'd like to spare the world more author or professor novels.
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Follow the wisdom of the great actor, James Cagney, you hit your mark, you look the other guy in the eye, and you tell the truth.
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Richard Nixon was the best thing that ever happened to journalism. I mean this guy was wonderful. Just when you thought he could get no worse, he got worse.
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I kinda went through a semi-depression. Honestly. Like, I lost myself.
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That is the problem with comedy in India. Spoofing sells. Come up with original comedy about the hilarious nation we are, with funny accents and odd rituals, and we get into trouble.
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God never ends anything on a negative; God always ends on a positive.
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I'm struck by the insidious, computer-driven tendency to take things out of the domain of muscular activity and put them into the domain of mental activity.
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My message to the world is that until we recognize that peace is not just the absence of war but the revival of life on the "backlines," where women are keeping kids in school, caring for the sick and injured, and daily negotiating space for the continuation of critical life processes of this nature, we're going to continue to miss the point.
