LeVar Burton Quotes
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We wrote 'Olive Kitteridge' as six hours, and they asked us to make it in four.
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In my own sphere I did everything that could possibly be expected of a man who believes in the greatness of his people and who is filled with fanaticism for the greatness of his country, in order to bring about the victory of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist movement.
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I don't have a daily routine, beyond brushing my teeth. It changes every day.
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When I started making movies, I was pretty young, and at the time I felt like there needed to be more confrontation in cinema - or I needed to make something more disruptive - so in the beginning, those movies were me wanting to play with the rules.
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I get to travel, see the world, meet people and be independent. I feel blessed.
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I have been doing so much. Speaking engagements... producing... developing a half-hour sitcom... working on a movie... leading acting workshops all over the world... and hosting 'My Black Is Beautiful,' an empowerment TV show I'm doing on BET for women.
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What makes me really happy is a walk in the English countryside. A nice sunset, that British countryside - it means I'm home.
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I'm glad that my parents missed one thing that was really unbelievable. They saw me hit this great success. It was a blast and we had a lot of laughs. And it was just an amazing time. They passed away. And then after I got, you know, famous, all these haters came out of nowhere.
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My daddy used to say that I was too big to ride and too little to hitch a wagon - no good for a damn thing.
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I have been blessed to visit the Holy City of Mecca.
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I have a company called Earl Campbell Foods. I got into the meat business in 1991.
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I would say that no film is apolitical. There are politics in all films. Any film that is anchored in a society, any film that deals with humanity is necessarily political.
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Democracy presumes that we're all created equal; competition proves we are not, or else every race would end in a tie.
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I live a normal life.
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I definitely have the screenwriting itch.
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I know how to wrap my turban a little better now. In the beginning, it was a little weird.
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There's not an awful lot that embarrasses me. I'm the kind of actress that absolutely believes in exposing myself.
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I used to dress like Roger Taylor when I was ten because I thought he was cool. In high school, I used to dress like Stephen Perkins from Jane's Addiction because I thought he was cool. You just want to be those guys when you're that age.
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I consider all drama to be the opportunity to see the world from another person's point of view. That seems to be the point of drama, really. And thereby to encourage understanding and even love.
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I just love the idea of ordinary people doing extraordinary things, whether it's the success of 'Cool Runnings,' which is the success of four guys from Jamaica who had never seen snow, or whether it's my success, just as a human being.
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I can take too big a step. I can try to be too cool, and people won't accept that.
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We shall see our friends again. We can lay them in the grave; we know they are safe with God.
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Don't think I am not homesick for America. I say 'homesick' advisedly because I am a man with two homes - America, which gave me hospitality for many happy years, and where my daughter was born; and my native England.
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This wired generation is kind of cool.
