Clare-Hope Ashitey Quotes
'Top Boy,' for some people, was very controversial because it seemed to be portraying black people in a certain light that they thought to be stereotypical. However, what I would say is that the writer went and lived in Hackney in East London for a long time and did his research really well.
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I take care of my flowers and my cats. And enjoy food. And that's living.
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Apparently 'The Office' plays in Brazil. Who would've thought that Brazilians would identify with a bunch of pasty white Scrantonians in a paper company? But the Brazilians I've met have really loved the show.
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Never hire someone who knows less than you do about what he's hired to do.
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I want to help middle-school girls stay interested in math and be good at it, and see it as friendly and accessible and not this scary thing. Everyone else in society tells them it's not for them. It's for nerdy white guys with pocket protectors.
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Sport's hard: the margin between winning and losing is tiny.
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I changed that system in Florida when I was the Speaker of the House - I was the Minority Leader; I saw for 16 years the way a power system works.
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If I'm still walking, I am not dead. So I have to still walk and run towards the benefit of Lebanon.
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I wasn't that hard. I wasn't that tough. I wasn't that funny – I looked like me.
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Nothing is funnier than confidently doing the wrong thing.
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I've had a good life, and was born to and among people I've admired and loved.
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Every woman must own her story; otherwise we are all part of the silence.
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When I was a kid, there was so much talent outside of recorded music.
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I'd say it's even harder to cater to Hispanics than to the lesbian or gay community. We're so culturally separated: Puerto Ricans, Dominicans, Mexicans, Venezuelans. We're all so different.
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No doubt about it. For every player. Thursday nights are very tough for us because it is a short turnaround.
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Love prefers twilight to daylight.
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The experts who managed the original Marshall Plan say Afghanistan needs a commitment of at least $5 to $10 billion over 5 to 10 years, coupled with occupation forces of 250,000 Allied soldiers to keep the peace throughout the country.
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All of a sudden, if you think about the entire ecosystem of connected devices that can pull down information, access content and allow me to share and work and communicate, the vast majority now are not Windows computers. They are iPhones. They are iPads. They are Android devices.
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I just keep happy and help the team when I get an opportunity.
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I'd say the only time I ever get nervous is around great ballet dancers or people I really admire.
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I like being talked about. I think some people really don't... because they're secure enough and they don't need that.
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If you look at the footballers, you look at our celebrity culture, we seem to be saying, 'This is the way you want to be'. We seem to be a society that celebrates all the wrong people.
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I took on the role of CEO, which involves directing the Management Team and overall day-to-day operations of 500.
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I first felt a fist - and then a kick, I could now smell their breath,They smelt of pubs - and Wormwood Scrubs - and too many right-wing meetings.
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'Top Boy,' for some people, was very controversial because it seemed to be portraying black people in a certain light that they thought to be stereotypical. However, what I would say is that the writer went and lived in Hackney in East London for a long time and did his research really well.
