Clarence Thomas Quotes
Long after the fact, it occurred to me that this was a metaphor for life- blisters come before calluses, vulnerability before maturity- but not even the thickest of skins could have spared us the lash of Daddy's tongue.
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I did a lot of little girl groups here and there just to get more comfortable on stage. When you're in girl groups, it's a lot different because if you mess up, there's someone on stage to back you up, and finally I got to a point where I knew I could do it on my own.
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I like being an outsider. It is better in France on the outside.
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Most people live in the city and go to the country at the weekend, and that's posh and aristocratic, but actually to live in the country and come to London when you can't take it any more is different.
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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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You know something, if you're not acting, you're not an actor - you've gotta work. No way around it.
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I've always been about how will digital be transforming established businesses, and that's what I've done.
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The San Gabriel monument expands our natural heritage, but there is more in need of safeguarding - extraordinary places like Utah's Greater Canyonlands.
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There will not be a billion-shekel cut to education on my watch.
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I'd be more likely to go for somebody who is like me. Well, I like creative people, so whatever that means... Yeah, authentic and creative.
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I hope to instill, in every child I meet, my love and enthusiasm for reading and stories.
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I've been very fortunate in my collaborators throughout my career.
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I think in the past I think I probably was a little too diverse, probably went from one spectrum to the complete opposite and confusing people.
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I'm not embarrassed about who I am. I'm not apologetic.
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I don't think people cry reading 'Midnight's Children,' but a lot of people seem to cry watching the movie.
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I like to write scenes in the middle of the night. We could change every word of 'Family Ties' between Monday and Friday.
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Hollywood has to be a better reflection of the world we live in.
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I have three things I really, really want to do. I want to do aerial trapeze, I want to do martial arts, and I want to learn Russian. And, because of my life, I'm not able to do any of these.
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I strive to be brief, and I become obscure.
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People in the NBA are just as athletic as you. That's the game. You have to have the change of pace. You have to change speeds to get around people.
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As I let go of the past, the past let go of me.
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I tore my abdomen. That ended my football career, which was what I wanted to do my entire life, and when that was over, I pretty much looked to just about anything, but nothing really caught my interest.
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The entertainment industry isn't a line of work encouraged in the Persian culture. When I called my dad to say I wanted to quit medicine, there was about three minutes of silence. I'm not sure he knew what to do with himself!
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After working so hard on the court, I find that snacks help me avoid late-afternoon energy lows.
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Long after the fact, it occurred to me that this was a metaphor for life- blisters come before calluses, vulnerability before maturity- but not even the thickest of skins could have spared us the lash of Daddy's tongue.
