Edwidge Danticat Quotes
Misery won't touch you gentle. It always leaves its thumbprints on you; sometimes it leaves them for others to see, sometimes for nobody but you to know of.
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What made 'American Idol' different from 'The Voice' and all these other singing competitions... 'American Idol' just gave regular old normal people like me and like Trent a chance.
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It is in their inherent moral components that recent Western strategies may be deficient. What percentage of the populations in countries engaged in the 14-year effort in Afghanistan could even name the three main Taliban groups with whom their soldiers have been engaged?
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In spite of what some people claim, we are not in a post-racial era. I think it's still an important issue to bring up.
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My mom got 11 kids. We struggled.
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I majored in theater at San Diego State. My one eye was on football, and my other eye was on Hollywood.
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I allowed Rick Santorum to express views and ideas that the American people never would have had expressed.
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An indigo snake leaves a lasting impression.
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Under an accumulation of staggerers, no man can be considered a free agent. No man knocks himself down; if his destiny knocks him down, his destiny must pick him up again.
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You cannot think when you're ecstatic.
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I think that's part of the fun of being an actor - you get to not be normal all of the time.
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I'm a fast learner, and I believe in change, and I believe in growing, and I believe in moving forward and not staying in the same place.
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For a number of major companies, if you can't access the commercial markets, you can't fund your business. That's a big problem. You can't pay your bills.
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I have a lot of trouble understanding how people see me as a celebrity. I work 14 hours a day, and then I just want to talk to my family, see the people I love, pet my dog, and go to bed. I'm not looking to be best friends with or emulate a celebrity.
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Some people think they are concentrating when they're merely worrying.
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Everyone needs someone to tell them not to wear so much Prada.
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Being in an area of the planet where scientists believe mankind started is quite amazing.
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Nothing is a bigger waste of time than regretting the past and worrying about the future.
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When I did 'Ugly Betty' it was very similar to working on 'Mad Men' - great group of people in their own little world. But I don't really see a lot of difference. Of course, on the cable shows, you can tackle subjects and be more specific, because networks have to appeal to the masses, but that's constantly changing and evolving.
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You will come home before the leaves have fallen from the trees.
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Life at its noblest leaves mere happiness far behind; and indeed cannot endure it. Happiness is not the object of life: life has no object: it is an end in itself; and courage consists in the readiness to sacrifice happiness for an intenser quality of life.
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When you do not recognize the wrongs of the past, the future takes its revenge. -Author forgotten
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For me, as an actor, there is no commercial or independent or art cinema. For me, it's a character that is given by the director. And it is a task for me that I have to fulfill it to the best of my ability regardless of the kind of film that it is.
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Misery won't touch you gentle. It always leaves its thumbprints on you; sometimes it leaves them for others to see, sometimes for nobody but you to know of.
