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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I've had situations where producers would be like, 'Could you meet me? Take the train; don't tell your parents.'
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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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My children keep me real and keep me honest.
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Some people would call me a workaholic. I don't consider this time: I just love my work so much, so it's my real hobby, OK? And, yeah, getting some play during working hours for which you are paid is the best job I can recommend for anyone around!
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Beware of the company you keep. See that you associate with the right type of people.
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In a very real sense we have two minds, one that thinks and one that feels. These two fundamentally different ways of knowing interact to construct our mental life.
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My knowledge of science came from being with Carl, not from formal academic training. Carl gave me a thrilling tutorial in science and math that lasted the 20 years we were together.
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The thing about being black and having a different accent, in the beginning, is that it makes you foreign.
