Lorraine Toussaint Quotes
My job as an actor is to cover and expose in varying allowance that - so that the audience can peek through the window to the people I create.
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These rules may seem simple enough, but it will require great morale and physical courage to adhere to them. But if carried out in the strict sense of the word it will surely lead to a greater success than could otherwise be attained.
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I personally do not drink. To drink or not to is one's own choice. So long as it doesn't affect others, it is okay.
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I think good radio often uses the techniques of fiction: characters, scenes, a big urgent emotional question. And as in the best fiction, tone counts for a lot.
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For me, great music doesn't just have to fall into one category or one genre and I love appreciating all kinds of music.
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Two hundred years ago, our precursors in Haiti struck a blow for freedom, which was heard around the world, and across centuries.
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My work has always been the thing that justifies my life.
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Whenever a film allows you to think and feel and take it beyond the moment, I think it's achieved something. And 'Funny Games' does that.
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I got in a really bad accident in a Toyota vehicle, but I feel like the safety of the vehicle and God really saved my life.
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Unlike many Californians or New Yorkers, college football is a religion down south.
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The 77 cents that women make for every dollar men earn makes a real difference to our families - families stretching to make every dollar count.
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In the British Special Air Service, combat fitness is all about running.
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I do not believe in abortion at will. I do not believe that if a woman just wants to have an abortion she should... I do believe if you have an abortion you are committing murder.
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I wouldn't overestimate the importance of my popularity in the country and abroad but at the end of the day it's not as important because I believe that my presence here could make some difference and it could encourage people.
Garry Kasparov -
I grew up in a mostly Buddhist environment.
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I have such difficulty calming down - my stomach, my head, reality, everything. That is the reason I live in Faro.
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I was lucky enough to occasionally break out of that racist situation that prevails in the Hollywood film production community. But it was racist then and it will always be that way. It will never be otherwise.
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I think '80s pop music subconsciously informs what I'm doing.
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I've been in situations where I was the only black guy. We're in a time now where nobody wants to see that. But it still happens.
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Actually, my dog I think is the only person who consistently loves me all the time.
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The same crime element that white people are scared of black people are scared of. While they waiting for legislation to pass, we next door to the killer. All them killers they let out, they're in that building. Just because we black, we get along with the killers? What is that? We need protection too.
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The only people who make love all the time are liars.
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I seldom look back.
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Cumbia is a beautiful rhythm. It's a music that has indigenous, African and European components. It's played in all of America - from Argentina to the U.S. It has mutated and been nurtured by everyone who comes across it.
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My job as an actor is to cover and expose in varying allowance that - so that the audience can peek through the window to the people I create.
