Ahmed Best Quotes
We like to think of film and music as art, but actually art is something that is not restricted.
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I took my acting very seriously. I did over 40 films, and naturally, some of them were called B-movies because the woman was at the top of the billing. Women couldn't star in their own movies.
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America tends to worship the modest talent because it doesn't put us in an uncomfortable position vis-a-vis the artist.
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I don't get manicures, pedicures. I don't get my hair done as often as I should.
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I think every fight is different based on who is fighting.
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When you've done a show that's as successful as 'Lovejoy' was, it hangs around for a few years, and people know you from it. I escaped the shadow when I stopped 'Lovejoy' by not doing any television for four years.
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There's nothing unnatural in creation.
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I'm an actor who wants to do great parts, and I've been very fortunate, for a long time, to get meaty roles, and sometimes some of them are meatier than others.
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The classic, 'Romeo and Juliet,' for me, is the iconic story of young love.
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There is small risk a general will be regarded with contempt by those he leads, if, whatever he may have to preach, he shows himself best able to perform.
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If you really love someone and care about him, you can survive many difficulties.
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I get a lot of disbelief that my accent could actually be real, which seems strange.
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I haven't gone to college yet and I intend to in a few years.
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Online hierarchies are inherently dynamic. The moment someone stops adding value to the community, his influence starts to wane.
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A mystery is a whodunit. You know what happened, but not how or who's behind it. A thriller, or a suspense, is a howdunit. You know what happened, and you usually know who did it, but you keep reading because you want to know how they pulled it off.
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Love is a credulous thing.
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I haven't been hit since Leon Spinks hit me in '92.
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It's nice not to have to live a double life.
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I've won several Emmys, a Tony and a Grammy, so maybe somebody will let me have an Oscar, and then I'll have a full set.
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If I'm honest, I suppose there's something I don't want people to see in my eyes. They really are the window to the soul.
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My priorities are to make sure we get the prescription drug bill, that we fund the research in NIH adequately, and that we fund the Center for Disease Control adequately.
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I am one who believes that the world goes from the slime to the sublime. And you can take Darwin and all your philosophers and all your ontologists, and that's the direction.
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Every action is either strong or weak, and when every action is strong we are successful.
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We like to think of film and music as art, but actually art is something that is not restricted.
