Lenny Wilkens Quotes
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I've been described as a smart actor because I've attended college. Or I've been called an artsy jock. And I am thinking, 'So, are actors supposed to be dumb?'
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Anytime you interfere with a natural process, you're playing God. God determines what happens naturally. That means when a person's ill, he shouldn't go to a doctor because he's asking for interference with God's will. But of course, patients can't think that way.
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I'm going to go to work out, and I'm going to enjoy it, and I'm going to eat really healthy. But I'm going to go to Vegas, and I'm going to stop at In-N-Out Burger, and then I'll be back on track.
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I praise the Lord, the Sovereign of the royal realm, Who has extended his sway over the tract of the world.
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It only looks like I get to eat a lot of food on TV. I really just get the one bite and the crew and guests eat everything else.
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I don't necessarily like being defined by my profession.
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I've made it my mission to make movies starring African American actors and about the African American experience and put them in the mainstream. They're very universal stories I've told - every movie I've done.
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Once I feel I'm right, I have enjoyed provoking.
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A long healthy life is no accident. It begins with good genes, but it also depends on good habits.
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Nothing leads so straight to futility as literary ambitions without systematic knowledge.
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I generally find that comparison is the fast track to unhappiness. No one ever compares themselves to someone else and comes out even. Nine times out of ten, we compare ourselves to people who are somehow better than us and end up feeling more inadequate.
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Never charge a player and, above all, no pointing your finger or yelling.
Ford Frick
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Cable had a latitude to move which created less censorship and bestowed upon the artists, the writers and the creators, more liberty to create their shows.
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I'm not an academic, but I've always loved poetry since I've been small.
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A lion runs the fastest when he is hungry.
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I find it easier to work when it's quiet.
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I'm just concerned that if I get older, people aren't going to enjoy me as much as when I was younger, because I had a great voice for a little girl, but I mean, my voice can't get any bigger when I'm older.
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I regret not having more children. I would have loved to have had a bigger family.
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We were making new ones the second year. We were in syndication the second year. So we were on Saturday nights, prime time, every morning, and then they put it on Sunday evenings too. So it was all over the place.
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One of the great needs of Negro children is to have books about themselves and their lives that can help them be proud.
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I didn't want my script to get too out of control like that. So I actually made it a point not to do stuff like that, to pretty - to keep it more sparse than it's been in the last few years, or the last decade.
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If you want it, you've got to give it.
