Armistead Maupin Quotes
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I don't think an actor ever wants to establish an image. That certainly hurt me, and yet that is also what made me successful and eventually able to do more challenging roles.
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When I got out of high school, I started breaking out. I tried everything from A to Z as far as seeing doctors and getting prescriptions. I even did home remedies, and I had no luck. A fan gave me Proactiv, and it cleared my skin, but there were too many steps. I lose everything, and I lost one of the products. My acne started to come back.
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If you're not riddled with doubt, you've probably done something wrong.
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Everything we do helps the new artists in the long run.
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Everyone has a temper. A temper is an emotion.
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As long I still have a breath left in me I will dedicate myself fully to China's reform.
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My entire life is dedicated to music, and at my age, that makes a lot of years! But all the work and dedication is only that I'm able to forget myself and let the music do the 'talking.'
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As a television actor, I was held to a tight, rigid structure.
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I think things will come once I get the respect that I deserve. Keeping my belt for a long time... Things will happen like normal. I can't force those things.
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I found this out over the years, that racism is a thinly veiled disguise over economics and money. It really is.
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Here is God's purpose - for God, to me, it seems, is a verb not a noun, proper or improper.
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What I've always said is that I'm opposed to institutional racism, and I would've, had I've been alive at the time, I think, had the courage to march with Martin Luther King to overturn institutional racism, and I see no place in our society for institutional racism.
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Never stop paying attention to things. Never make your mind up finally. Do not hold beliefs.
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If people want a sense of purpose they should get it from their archbishop. They should certainly not get it from their politicians.
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Good supporters who have single daughters say, 'Hey, you need to take my daughter out.' And it's awkward.
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I learned that people don't buy anything from unknown stores.
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O meu coração é um pouco maior que o universo inteiro.
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A system of government that makes the People subordinate to a committee of nine unelected lawyers does not deserve to be called a democracy.
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I have to see a definitive cut of the film before I even start thinking about the music, I tell the director what my feelings are and what I would like to do. He accepts what I say or discusses it or destroys it. Eventually, we have to find a compromise.
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The only difficult thing is learning to recognise the interesting bits from those millions of moments life provides you with every day and writing down those snippets.
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One of the real benefits of any travel is gaining some perspective. You see things from different points of view. That came home to me in a variety of ways: politically, economically, seeing what was going on in other states.
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'The Princess Bride' was a movie that I watched all the time.
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I've always known what I wanted. I've always wanted to be on top of that podium.
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I consider myself much better adjusted than Gabriel.
