Alonzo Mourning Quotes
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You don't have to be an heiress to look like one, if you act like one then everyone will just presume you are one.
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There is always pressure in football.
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I always say that I am a big fan of films but I am an even bigger fan of the filmmaking craft.
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It's nature-nurture, right? I've been nurtured by Californians.
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I did 'Lone Star Love' in 2007 with Randy Quaid, and that was supposed to come to Broadway at the Belasco and a marquee went up and everything... and it all fell apart, and that marquee came right down, and we got severance pay. And, it was very sad.
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For any actor - not just talking about myself - but if you've been fortunate enough to work for a long period of time, there's going to be different choices you're going to make.
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The chasm between rich and poor is becoming larger, and I think it's interesting terrain to talk about and expose.
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Randomness I love. And I still love just a holler right in the middle of an ongoing narrative. Pain or joy, ecstasy.
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My mother's nickname for me is 'Positive Patrick.' I like to live up to that title.
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I had a flip phone until I was 25, and I didn't use social media until that age, either.
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I was kind of loathe to go on social media. I find the trolling unacceptable, and I never wanted to look like I was someone who would accept that.
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Having a credible existence in the private sector frees people to be able to be better public servants. You're less concerned with... toeing the party line and more concerned with doing what is right.
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In the film industry, you are fictitious, just like the characters you play. It has a lot do with a perception about you, and not necessarily you. You are successful because people like that image of you on screen.
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Creme Brulee is the ultimate 'guy' dessert. Make it and he'll follow you anywhere.
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Turn on to politics, or politics will turn on you.
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When a man is out of sight, it is not too long before he is out of mind.
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My parents were both actors; my dad sort of quite early on. My mother acted for a while, and now she's a painter.
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That is the real spiritual awakening, when something emerges from within you that is deeper than who you thought you were. So, the person is still there, but one could almost say that something more powerful shines through the person.
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By believing we are the product of random acts, we eliminate morality and the basis of ethical behavior. For if there is no such thing as moral authority, you can do anything you want. You make everything relative, and there’s no reason for any of our higher values.
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But with The Dark Crystal, instead of puppetry we're trying to go toward a sense of realism - toward a reality of creatures that are actually alive and we're mixing up puppetry and all kinds of other techniques.
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I should learn the language of a politician - give away as little and keep the rest to yourself. Not lie, I just want to be more guarded.
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As long as white newspapers were unwilling or unable to attack 'anti-Negro' forces or to air the views of black reformers, there was a service black newspapers could provide.
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My health is the No. 1 concern and my longevity is the No. 1 concern.
