Ashley Madekwe Quotes
It often looks like an actor's had a big break out of nowhere, but in reality, they've been working their way up, little by little, for a while.
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We are skinny; this is our work. There are lots of overweight people working in offices, but I'm not going to say, 'This girl is fat; she can't work in an office.'
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Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts.
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I think it's more important than ever to be as vocal as I can be about things I believe in outside of music.
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Every employee needs to know that there's somebody out there that they serve. And when we don't let people know that for one reason or another, we're depriving them of a fulfilling job.
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In a family of all girls, I was always the 'boy' in my mind - the protector, the masculine one. No one would ever have to worry about me.
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Are we to paint what's on the face, what's inside the face, or what's behind it?
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If you want to grow a beard like mine, the only thing I can tell you is that you have to have patience. You just have to let it grow.
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There is but one man to whom I am willing to entrust their future and that man's name is George Bush.
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Houston is kind of a melting pot. There are many different cultures and ethnicities represented out there, even on my team. It's really cool: you'll see so many different things.
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I always believed in my ability, but I think in any sport you need that little bit of luck.
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I do not play golf regularly, but I feel that hitting the moving ball in cricket is tougher than hitting a stationary ball as in golf, which requires more concentration and steady hands.
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I miss driving to Goodison Park. I miss just the positive energy of the fans walking into the stadium and how much they care about that club and the team. And I miss the players a lot.
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Music is pretty intimate stuff and I can only work with very few people: Gonzalez being one, Mocky being another and, on a completely different level, Broken Social Scene. With Broken Social Scene it's not one-on-one, it's a one-on-12. It's very healthy, very comfortable, like a big pot luck supper among old friends.
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I wasn't in shape at all before I decided to do boxing. I wasn't an athlete. Before boxing, I would go to the gym for a month and stop.
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The Supreme Court of the United States... has validated the Nazi method of execution in... concentration camps, starving them to death.
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Sometimes you have to step away from what you love in order to learn how to love it again.
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My grandmother knitted me a crochet top when I was 15. I still fit into it and will never give it away.
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L.A. is so big that if you don't actually live in Hollywood, you might as well be from a different planet.
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I'm so glad I didn't ruin a man's life by marrying him.
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I just believe in collaboration. I mean, I've written songs on my own, you know, but I think if the artist has something to bring to the table - someone like Pink, for instance - where they have something to say, it makes your job easier and more special.
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I've had cancer four times. But you know, God has blessed me, and I feel so honored and so privileged in the blessings of life.
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I don't want to let my guard down and feel too comfortable. If you become complacent, you start feeling entitled. I'm ready to go dig ditches if I have to. Whatever I gotta do to provide for my family. Whatever I gotta do to make sure that I do the best possible job at whatever wonderful opportunities I've been handed.
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I was always a courageous woman, capable of confronting governments but not men.
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It often looks like an actor's had a big break out of nowhere, but in reality, they've been working their way up, little by little, for a while.
