Jackie Robinson Quotes
I had practiced with the team, and the first scheduled game was with the University of Missouri. They made it quite clear to the Army that they would not play a team with a black player on it. Instead of telling me the truth, the Army gave me leave to go home.
Quotes to Explore
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I've always wanted to play a Marvel baddie. I'm not sure I fit the mold, though. Like a powerful, extraordinary woman. Somebody with superpowers would be really fun, but I'm not sure how many middle-aged women they have in Marvel.
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Where having been an actor was extremely helpful to me was in casting. That's where I think a director who has acted can really shine, and casting is the most important thing you do.
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Unfortunately, there is still much to mine in this world and explore creatively.
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Never again! I can see no reason for marriage - ever at all. I've had it. Three times is enough.
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There are so many female roles - particularly for young women - that are just somebody's girlfriend or somebody's daughter, or that are accessories to the main story rather than being three-dimensional characters.
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I know you can be up one minute and drop the next, so I'm trying to maintain a steady course so I can have some longevity.
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I was afraid I would see someone from my past who thought I was this big athlete, and then I end up being just normal.
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My dream date is a tall, dark, handsome, blue eyed man with a bubble butt who will whisk me away to Paris in a hot air balloon to wine me, dine me and.
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I don't want to be 'Halsey: America's Sweetheart,' or 'Halsey: Bad Girl.' If you can sum up my career in a clickbait headline, I've done something wrong.
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The Afghans did not have sophisticated weapons like the Soviets did, but with their faith they defeated a superpower.
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When you work in such a surreal environment as movies, just listening to some tunes or hanging out with friends is what you crave. Even time alone.
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I continue to be very shy. I think a lot of actors and performers are really weird, shy people working it out onstage. I don't know why that is.
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Going to Freedom's Watch was a job opportunity that presented itself, so I jumped at it.
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Only a few good leaders have paused to reflect seriously on being leaders.
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I'm a believer in things happening for a reason.
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You don't make it anywhere without someone helping you out.
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I never really did any disco dancing.
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I don't know what I was expecting or what I was dreaming about the xx accomplishing.
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A manager wins games in the winter when he picks his team.
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I have many debates now with friends on the changes, and the continuing confusion over bringing up your children, instilling values, letting them make the right choices.
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I went to an inner-city school in Buffalo. We had no money. But our teachers believed in hands-on active learning - there was a mandatory science fair, which was critical.
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I think family is the most important thing in the world. I think your own family is the most complicated thing in the world, and I think it's the most beautiful thing in the world.
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Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.
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I had practiced with the team, and the first scheduled game was with the University of Missouri. They made it quite clear to the Army that they would not play a team with a black player on it. Instead of telling me the truth, the Army gave me leave to go home.
