Ashley Madekwe Quotes
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All of a sudden I'm an actor, and I spend a decade trying to fit in and realising that I didn't, really. Sometimes in the right circumstances, with the right people, it felt OK. But other times it was a bit more jobbing. I didn't fit the mould, somehow.
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Containment, as everyone will recall, was a rough plan for stopping the Communists any time they crossed a certain line dividing our half of the world from theirs.
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During the fall and winter we built Fort Meade and the town of Sturgis.
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I was always more interested in the ultimate live performance rather than the recording for its own sake. And, for the audience too, that thrill of - just being there.
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The kids can see that there are more parts to me than just being their mom; I wear a couple of different hats and have other roles to play.
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It didn't scare me to be vulnerable because I think that's when you get something great.
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The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.
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The idea that happiness could have a share in beauty would be too much of a good thing.
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We didn't have much money growing up, so we hopped around L.A. a lot in the '70s, '80s and '90s. I'm very familiar with the shifting culture there.
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My dad was a designer for Upper Deck, and I had hundreds of Ken Griffey Jr. cards. Hundreds. I could have paid for college with them.
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The main dangers in this life are the people who want to change everything... or nothing.
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I agree with cosmetic surgery for medical reasons - my mother had breast cancer and I think it's very sad when somebody has no choice in what happens to their body.
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Yes, I suffer terribly from depression. I have to work at being happy, it's not my natural instinct. My natural instinct is, if something wonderful happens, to throw water in my own face.
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I never intended for the Monster Ball to be a religious experience, it just became one.
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No one's better than me. I'm not better than anyone. Whether it's Eric Clapton or BB King we look straight at each other. And that keeps it real.
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People know that I am a very good author. But they would rather read what I have to say about the next election.
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I'm a historian in my own mind.
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Any negotiated, peaceful solution to the problems between the United States and peoples, or any people of Latin America, which does not imply force or the use of force, must be addressed in accordance with international principles and norms.
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To be true to ourselves, we must be true to others. We will not behave in foreign places so as to violate our rules and standards here at home, for we know that the trust which our Nation earns is essential to our strength.
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Love and mercy that's what you need tonight. Love and mercy to you and your friends tonight.
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If he does not sue, he is a drug user, a repeat steroid user, a knowing steroid user. He has to sue for everything that the next 50 years of merchandising is worth.
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Ultimately, we're making and selling a consumer good that needs to work and that needs to make customers happy.
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There's not enough money in the world to get me singing 'Because We Want To' again. I wouldn't do it. I think Beyonce Knowles got a couple of million for a private show but I would be happy to turn it down.
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I'm happy with embellishment in a chunky Prada-esque way, but I'm not into sequins!
