Lynn Swann Quotes
Sports and entertainment have always been windows of opportunity for African Americans, when other doors were closed.
Quotes to Explore
-
I know my corn plants intimately, and I find it a great pleasure to know them.
-
Parodies of commercials are by no means new and have been popular going back to black-and-white TV shows of the '50s.
-
I'm only waiting for Lindsay Lohan's fashion collection to come out. Ten years from now, there may be no real designers left.
-
Having kids is something I want to see in my future - I hope.
-
Revolutionaries do not make revolutions. The revolutionaries are those who know when power is lying in the street and then they can pick it up.
-
Leaving Egypt and the people I loved so much, and the environment I liked, was definitely worth it, because I also have great love for medicine and science.
-
Breaking up is hard to do... so it's essential to keep getting wiser - and wiser - about what healthy love is all about.
-
Anytime you get to work with an actor who is beyond you in experience and talent, I feel like they make you a better actor. You really bring up your game.
-
Through travel, you discover a new aspect to your personality. You discover things which you wouldn't seated in the confines of your home.
-
The secret to everything for me is doing yoga every day. It does do nice things for your body, but it also kind of calms you down and chills you out. Other than that, I don't really drink alcohol and I always take my makeup off at night!
-
It's nice to film in somewhere that you actually love being. Usually, you're in a studio for months on end, and you never see any daylight, so you really make the most of it.
-
A hit film is what we work for as actors, as that goes to show that we have managed to entertain our audiences who shower us with their love and affection throughout the years.
-
If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.
-
I went through a big Kurt Vonnegut phase. But the writers who made me decide at a very early age that this is probably something I wanted to do were Stephen King and Douglas Adams, when I was probably, like, ten years old.
-
I've worked my whole life and never missed a deadline.
-
I just want to play for Hindus and Muslims that sit together. That's all I want to do.
-
We live in a globalising world. That means that all of us, consciously or not, depend on each other. Whatever we do or refrain from doing affects the lives of people who live in places we'll never visit.
-
There is no kind of music I don't listen to. Everything good is interesting. I am as happy with a Bach fugue as I am with a record by Thelonious Monk.
-
You know Chuck, Buddy, and Elvis paved the roadThe roots are deep inside usIt's the rhythm in our soul.
-
I can say, hands down, 'Annapolis' is the most challenging film I've ever taken on.
-
Women leading means that Congress is working to create jobs, make quality child care more affordable and strengthen the middle class because we understand that America grows the economy and opportunity from the middle out, not the top down.
-
Any guy who’s played team sports has practiced a skill I call 'team sport empathy': he’s practiced focusing on anticipating the other team’s moves. That means figuring out their way of looking at the situation.
-
Sports and entertainment have always been windows of opportunity for African Americans, when other doors were closed.
