Tamra Davis Quotes
I came up with this statistic that if a kid makes something himself, he's 90 to 95% likely to try it. And of course, then, if it's good, he'll eat it!
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I know I'm in the exceptional position of having money, but I didn't have it for many decades. I'm always trying to get shows put on for 25 per cent less production costs.
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Nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation are not utopian ideals. They are critical to global peace and security.
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It is a growing process. You can't just like beer. You have to start somewhere and learn the different flavors.
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My comrades would call me a 'black capitalist.'
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Throughout my Enterprise career, I have been primarily operationally focused.
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The fact that we live in a world where black people have to strategize so they're not brutalized by police is insane.
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I spent half my life being hurt. The leftovers of hurt are an automatic gesture, like a dog that salivates.
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I grew up in the Bronx, but in Riverdale - not exactly an area of New York that's known for being rough and tumble.
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Life isn't about quantity, it's about quality.
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Judges can determine fair justice far better than any inane federal mandate.
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I don't know that I'll ever get to make my ideal film, because Frank Capra is dead.
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I was never really acting. I was not taking it seriously. Acting was very much a hobby for me. It wasn't really until I was finishing college and doing it sporadically that I began to take it seriously.
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Now science has presented us with a hope called stem cell research, which may provide our scientists with many answers that have for so long been beyond our grasp.
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I acted when I was a real little kid. My mother was an actress in a Miami theater company comprised of actors from Cuba like her and I was the default kid.
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Despite overwhelming support for the United States to adopt English as its official language, we have still not taken that important step.
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Photography is a small voice, at best, but sometimes one photograph, or a group of them, can lure our sense of awareness.
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Authors need to decide if they want to keep forever to themselves, or share forever with a publisher who takes over half the cover price.
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My husband wrote the story for my first book, but then he didn't want to do that anymore. So if I was going to go on being an illustrator, I had to start writing the stories, too.
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The idea that somebody is going to come in and make your debt go away and all be well for the future is really a fantasy.
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It's hard to get an education when teachers spend 70 percent of their time trying to discipline students.
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Some people are more fluid than others at just being themselves and recognizing what's good about themselves.
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But my father was also the one who told me I needed to clean up my mouth or I'd never find a man. What's very important to him is manners. Show up on time. Always send thank-you letters. He is one of the more thoughtful humans I've ever met. He's a great man and a very good dad.
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I was a funny kid growing up, and I did improv in college and went to Pratt Institute, but I did it very informally. It was just me and some of my friends goofing around on campus.
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I came up with this statistic that if a kid makes something himself, he's 90 to 95% likely to try it. And of course, then, if it's good, he'll eat it!
