Khandi Alexander Quotes
There's nothing worse than having a very strong female character and then suddenly having it go away.
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For most of my career, I've played roles that were written for other actresses.
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My mother did all she could to control me, but at age 14 she sent me to a military school.
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Just being the seeker, somebody whose open to spiritual enlightenment, is in itself the important thing and it's the reward for being a seeker in this world.
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The whole gun debate needs to be infused with a discussion about manhood. It's frustrating to hear debates about gun rights vs. gun control, and yet very few people say what's hidden in plain sight: It's really a contest of meanings about manhood.
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The mind is a superb instrument if used rightly. Used wrongly, however, it becomes very destructive. To put it more accurately... you usually don't use it at all. It uses you.
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But I've always attracted attention, it's true, ever since I was very young.
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I'm a big 'Firefly' fan. I'm a Nathan Fillion fan because of 'Firefly.'
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All things considered, defending our borders by building a fence to keep out people is a necessity. There is no more humane alternative when it comes to protecting ourselves. We must act humanely, within the law, while honoring transparency, but with firm resolve.
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Man can never be a woman's equal in the spirit of selfless service with which nature has endowed her.
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Mind is everything. Muscle - pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind.
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My music confuses people because they think I will sound a certain way because I look a certain way with the dreads.
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You teach your daughters the diameters of the planets and wonder when you are done that they do not delight in your company.
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I'm the girl that's on the beach with a hat on, under an umbrella. Like, very shaded. But my weird thing is, I only tan my legs. My whole body's covered in the shade, and I tan my legs.
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R. Kelly is a thing on TV, but nobody knows Robert and what he's been through.
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I wish I had invented blue jeans. They have expression, modesty, sex appeal, simplicity - all I hope for in my clothes.
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I think Teach for America has suffered from the fact that I did not teach, in a major way. I also think if I had taught, I wouldn't have started Teach for America.
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My wife and I have very deep roots in Colorado, and we can't see ourselves living anywhere else.
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You realize when you're pregnant how lucky you are to have access to medical care.
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I am simple and an open book. I don't like ambitious and materialistic people.
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The Age of Writing has passed. We must invent a new metaphor, restructure our thoughts and feelings. (p. 14)
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I have not thought too much about the psychology or life of the character Jonas in some time.
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I am interested in power and in the idea of one country exerting power over another. The Soviets took this to an extreme.
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...most of the people in a war never fight for even a minute-though they bear for years and die forever. They do not fight, but only starve, only suffer, only die: the sum of all this passive misery is that great activity, War.
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There's nothing worse than having a very strong female character and then suddenly having it go away.
