Imani Hakim Quotes
When people say, 'If you could do anything else, what would you do?' I would be an actress. That's something that I would do - I can't see myself doing anything else.
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By nature, I'm a very positive person, and because I'm happy in myself, and in my life, and I've got a great husband, and beautiful children, and I have a job that I love that calls for a certain amount of emotional expression, I get to realise a lot of my dreams and aspirations.
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As the anti-slavery community, we must together ensure that this attention is transferred into concrete action and results.
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I worked with the Neville Brothers for 40-some years on the highway, and up and down since I can remember - funk from New Orleans.
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To try to fix the future is a manifest absurdity.
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I can stay up watching TV so late.
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A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice.
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At a time when 2500 American soldiers have given their lives for the cause of bringing democracy to Iraq, it is sad and frustrating to watch the Republican establishment disgrace the exercise of democracy in our own House of Representatives.
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Midi is my hobby.
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A good writer can set a thriller anywhere and make it convincing: the trick is to evoke the setting in such a way that it highlights the crime or unsettles the reader.
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Most actors and actresses are performative as people.
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Sometimes, it's just unfortunate you get injured in the game. But you can definitely take strides to prevent those things.
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There's an energy in an urban core that you just don't get anywhere else.
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Let someone else be the world's greatest actress. I'll be the world's greatest baseball fan.
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Bullfights have so much color. Not just the matador but also the bull, the arena, and the public. It's all very festive.
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Everyone thinks when they start writing that they can't do it. I was lucky. My sister Delia was the most important person in terms of encouraging me.
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Life is not simple, and people can't be boxed into being either heroes or villains.
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As professional soccer players, we take our bodies to the extreme. We're the people at the gym that look like we're breaking the machines. Pushing our bodies to the limits is what makes us so strong and capable and Olympians. It's not an easy thing to consistently do over and over again to your body.
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It had been a long dull evening, with only the thought of leaving the party early to look forward to.
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I believe that history is not made by cynics; it is made by realists who are not afraid to dream. Let us be these people.
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When people say, 'If you could do anything else, what would you do?' I would be an actress. That's something that I would do - I can't see myself doing anything else.
