Lynn Whitfield Quotes
We did a play in the third grade all about Winter not wanting to give over his throne to Spring. That was my first title role, and I took full advantage of it. I felt like there was no one else on that stage but Ms. Spring.
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When you are young, hone your craft and write shorter pieces instead of novels, because it's really hard to finish a novel.
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I believe that if you eat well, you work even better.
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Nobody was my support. You have to support yourself, and I think that is the beauty of being a woman. You can handle anything and be ten times better than men.
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There's no doubt in the world that directing makes you a better actor. Me, anyway. There's no doubt in the world that it makes me a more collaborative actor.
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I had a mind inquiring enough to question world events, as well as the passion fostered by my background to care, but I lacked the emotional maturity to process these things. That made me ripe for Islamist recruitment. Into this ferment came my recruiter, himself straight out of a London medical college.
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I started out doing musicals.
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A democratically elected congressman of the United States of America should not be talking of an ethnic divide in Afghanistan, should not be interfering in Afghanistan's internal affairs.
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Racism is everywhere - the older generations in Malaysia still say things like, 'She's darker-skinned; maybe don't marry her,' and it's very judgmental. A lot of girls do try to get fairness cream to lighten their skin, and I'm against all of that.
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The economic and social problems would tend to become, like the military situation, more and more difficult as time went on and we became more and more isolated.
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I lived around the corner from Saul Bellow.
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I do think it's possible to change for the better.
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I have never been accepted. I'll never make the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. They're never going to let me in.
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On Christmas, my family and I see a movie and go out for Chinese food. We don't celebrate Christmas in the traditional sense, in that we do not actually celebrate Christmas.
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The trouble with conservatives is that too many of them come to Washington thinking they are going to drain the swamp, only to discover that Washington is a hot tub.
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I guess what I like is mostly country & western or else stuff that has a real blues feel to it.
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Trying on pants is one of the most humiliating things a man can suffer that doesn't involve a woman.
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When in doubt, I read Oscar Wilde.
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Timidity is the root of prudence in the majority of men.
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I actually wanted to be a police officer like my dad for the longest time, up until my sophomore year in high school when I started doing plays. I did plays when I was little, but in high school, I started getting into acting.
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Whatever you believe with emotion becomes reality. You always act in a manner consistent with your innermost beliefs and convictions.
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Music is a powerful tool in galvanizing people around an issue. There's no better way to get your point across than to put it in a beautiful song.
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Honor has not to be won; it must only not be lost.
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Management’s job is not to prevent risk but to build the ability to recover.
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We did a play in the third grade all about Winter not wanting to give over his throne to Spring. That was my first title role, and I took full advantage of it. I felt like there was no one else on that stage but Ms. Spring.
