Curtis Granderson Quotes
I feel like kids in general, not just African-American kids, are influenced by what they see, both positive and negative.
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Reducing carbon emissions is important, but it is shortsighted if not coupled with reducing the toxic emissions from our heart; and that is something spiritual leaders are supposed to teach and something all thinking people, regardless of their beliefs, should practice.
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I can't take the theater side out of myself.
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Adventure should be 80 percent 'I think this is manageable,' but it's good to have that last 20 percent where you're right outside your comfort zone. Still safe, but outside your comfort zone.
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The conventional wisdom is that if you are gay, you cannot play the romantic straight lead in a movie.
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I'm not so sure I believe in dopplegangers. I just prefer to be Dane DeHaan.
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I'm the most Colombian of the Colombians, even though I've lived 47 years outside of Colombia. I've lived 13 years in New York, and I never did a painting about New York. I've lived in France more than 30 years, and I've never painted Paris.
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I'm an old-fashioned girl, and I didn't believe in living with people, so I guess I married for the wrong reasons at times.
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I will never support any tax increase on middle-income earners, ever... If you're not going to eliminate loopholes and exemptions, then I wouldn't support lowering rates.
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Pushing the boundaries of polite society does not just fall under the purview of crime fiction authors.
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Marriage is a gamble, let's be honest.
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When I was a little kid, I used to watch with my brother when there was Macho Man and Hulk Hogan. But then I fell out of it for a few years.
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Bad ballplayers make good managers.
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I haven't reported my missing credit card to the police because whoever stole it is spending less than my wife.
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When I was first exposed to the films of Ingmar Bergman, I found them frank and disturbing portraits of the world we live in, but that was not something that displeased me. They were beautiful. I thought people would respond to my plays the way I responded to Bergman's films.
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Look at misfortune the same way you look at success - Don't Panic! Do you best and forget the consequences.
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Enjoy every sandwich.
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'Pathological liar' is absolutely the toughest individual to deal with as a psychiatrist. Because you can't take anything they say at face value. And you can't, you know, fill in their personality. You don't know what's real and what's not.
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Society can overlook murder, adultery or swindling; it never forgives preaching of a new gospel.
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Is it easy to avoid paparazzi? It is, it really is.
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When kids hit one year old, it's like hanging out with a miniature drunk. You have to hold onto them. They bump into things. They laugh and cry. They urinate. They vomit.
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I like to be called a Nigerian rather than somebody from the Third World or the developing or whatever.
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Living with a god is not what it's cracked up to be. They think their women should be grateful just to have them around.
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If, in 2014, we're still making 'white savior movies,' then it's just lazy and unfortunate. We've grown up as a country, and cinema should be able to reflect what's true. And what's true is that black people are the center of their own lives and should tell their own stories from their own perspectives.
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I feel like kids in general, not just African-American kids, are influenced by what they see, both positive and negative.
