Andre Holland Quotes
I need to find those projects more often: the ones that really, really speak to me. I do better work in those situations and have a better time.
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The contributions of African Americans, Native Americans, and immigrants throughout our nation's history are undeniable, but the tendency to overlook their gallant efforts is pervasive and persistent.
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I have four kids. They are two years apart, and contraception has been very, very good to me.
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Bigotry tries to keep truth safe in its hand with a grip that kills it.
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I find dates, in general, horrific. We have to sit there and ask these questions and pretend to eat a meal, and it just feels so stiff.
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Politics and power is a realm of relative influence.
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You need to become more than one type of athlete. You have to be a sprinter, a weight man and a distance guy all in one.
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Finishing games has been something I'm really proud of, seeing something through to the end.
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You have to dream before your dreams can come true.
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We just here to do our job.
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I'm a huge historical fiction and non-fiction fan.
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Let us not forget that the greatest composers were also the greatest thieves. They stole from everyone and everywhere.
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I always wanted to be normal. I tried really hard, but it's like I try so hard and then people still say I'm offbeat. I've learnt to accept that and take advantage of it as an actor.
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Democracy is our commitment. It is our great legacy, a legacy we simply cannot compromise. Democracy is in our DNA.
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For me, it was not destiny to make it to where I am now - I thought for a long- time I would become a go-kart mechanic, or a job like this, not an F1 driver.
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People make mistakes. They say stupid things.
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Acting doesn't have to be threadbare misery all the time.
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Even today, I frequently meet scientists who, outside their own narrow discipline, are superstitious.
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I just came back from my hometown, making a movie about a kid who grew up just like me, and it was financed by white people in New York. Personally, I can't be angry. In my personal experience, the support was there.
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I don't feel I was ever a 'famous' child actor. I was just a working actor who happened to be a kid. I was never really in a hit show until I was a teenager with West Wing playing First Daughter Zoey Bartlet. In a way, that was my saving grace - not being a star on a hit show. It kept me working and kept me grounded.
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For me specifically, it was important to graduate. In my family, I was one of the first graduates. My mom did not have a college degree. My dad did not have a college degree.
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What's the most humiliating thing? When you take someone to dinner or you cook somebody dinner and they get food poisoning. I mean, how bad do you feel?
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I'm a pretty decent cook. I like to grill. I have a smoker that I love. I love me some steak. And I'll make a huge salad with a ton of vegetables.
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All my work is about how it feels to look.
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I need to find those projects more often: the ones that really, really speak to me. I do better work in those situations and have a better time.
