Laurence Fishburne Quotes
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The reason for not getting married was that I just didn't have a partner to get married to. Climbing mountains was more attractive to me than marriage, or other fun things like that.
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It's my job to have ups and downs because it makes good music.
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To me, doing a gay pride show is one of the most fun things. My first show that paid more than $10,000 was in a gay club on New Year's Eve in San Francisco.
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If America is a nation of laws as we proclaim, then our immigration laws are part of the package.
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Some talk shows have become so exploitive and tabloid, I wonder if I can believe some of their guests. Where do they find these guests, and why do they deserve air time?
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If you don't like the President, it costs you 90 bucks to fly to Washington to picket. If you don't like the governor, it costs you 60 bucks to fly to Albany to picket. If you don't like me - 90 cents.
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When you're a teenage girl, a lot of being pretty has to do with your hair.
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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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I went to a Catholic all-girls school, and we would play cassettes of music we liked, and when it was my turn, they would laugh at my choices. I would play Billie Holliday, Elmore James and Howlin' Wolf, but it was fine; if I had to listen to their choices, they had to listen to mine.
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Although Ronald Reagan was somebody I disagreed with on most ideological things, he was a friend of mine, and he was a very, very likable man. Ronald Reagan, for instance, was maybe more able to get the very rich to do the right thing sometimes.
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I see couples fighting about the stupidest things. You just have to rise above everything.
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On one hand I am this weird androgynous tomboy where I'm strangely low maintenance and have a five-minute makeup regimen. On the other I'm obsessed with all things beauty, from skin care to makeup.
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The greatest weakness of most humans is their hesitancy to tell others how much they love them while they're alive.
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I was happy to be with my parents. I didn't see very much of them, so I was very happy when my father was there and out of jail.
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My career is playing the guys who go, 'Boo.' That's what I do.
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New Hampshire is moving in the right direction because we have shown time and time again that we can work across the aisle to solve problems.
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I am a compulsive and concise shopper.
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Not all offers I get are exciting and inspiring. I would rather sit at home and not work than jump into mediocrity for the sake of just moving ahead. If it's a good script, I would sacrifice my personal time and grab it.
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I have spent many a night in an Internet chat room, but not since I've been married. I don't do the chat rooms anymore, but I have become completely addicted to Ebay.
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Winter is a season of recovery and preparation.
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To be led by a fool is to be led by the opportunists who control the fool.
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I am good at down grading - I have found I can live the same lifestyle in a two-bedroom apartment as in a five-bedroom house.
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I've watched too many artists in my life forget how good the things they used to do were.
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There's a lot of stuff that's not good that's touted as being good.
