C. C. H. Pounder Quotes
The thing about being black and having a different accent, in the beginning, is that it makes you foreign.
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I seriously object to seeing on the screen what belongs in the bedroom.
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Ninety percent of the comic books I've written in the past had little or nothing to do with Islam.
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I have always been an avid reader of chemical literature, eager for what is new.
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Like many writers, I started by writing short stories. I needed to learn how to write and stories are the most practical way to do this, and less soul-destroying than working your way through a lengthy novel and then discovering it's rubbish.
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If you're making music for all the right reasons, people are going to be receptive to that and appreciate it the same way you did when your were writing it.
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I think I'm a pretty well-kept secret.
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I got typecast early in my career as the guy who is very intense. Once you get into a certain mold, people see you that way, as much as it's disproved time and again.
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You know, the Brits had a way of - running an empire. And I don't think America is comfortable with an empire.
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My parents could not be more Italian.
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It's hard because I think I fall into this in-between space where there's something that's innately feminine about me, and there's also something that's kind of androgynous. I carry myself somewhere in between, and I think my music lends itself to that as well.
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You eat and sleep it all day long and play on the streets until mom calls you in. My story is no different than anybody else's.
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I spent years commuting into London when I was working as a temp, and I hated the monotony of it.
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Allowing adult children who live at home who are in between jobs to stay on their parents' health care, I think that's a lot of Republican support for that, with or without Obamacare.
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I did anything that would get me on the air.
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I want to do whatever I can to survive.
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We think of Washington as the defensive-minded pragmatist who won the Revolution by avoiding unnecessary risks on the battlefield. But that was not how he started out.
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Economically, we are, to some significant degree, interdependent with Chinese well-being. That is a great asset.
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The European Union will never see America, or an American president, as a risk.
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Under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, a company is not allowed to provide a personal benefit to a decision maker in return for business. But hiring the sons and daughters of powerful executives and politicians is hardly just the province of banks doing business in China: it has been a time-tested practice here in the United States.
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Acting, and the privilege of being able to do it for a living, is so important to me. I don't turn up and just hope for the best. I really fret about it. I do my homework; I prepare myself for the experience of playing a particular character.
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If I was to buy a suit, I'd probably go to Men's Wearhouse - because you're going to like the way you look; they guarantee it.
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It's not rocket science. It's social science.
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I still giggle when someone asks for my address and I say, 'Hollywood, Los Angeles.'
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The thing about being black and having a different accent, in the beginning, is that it makes you foreign.
