Cleavant Derricks Quotes
When you have an opportunity to do a series, you want to stick it out. You don't know when you're going to get another one like that again.
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The team needs me out there on the field. And sometimes you allow that to jeopardize yourself, but that's just the nature of the world.
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I would love to be a role model.
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We in the Middle East like to talk politics, we like to argue. Just look at the three prophets - Moses, Jesus and Mohammad. They are all from this small region which creates problems all the time.
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First, I was Bavarian State Minister of Justice, and after the ministries of justice in the various states were dissolved I became Reich Minister without portfolio.
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All training is negotiation, whether you're training dogs or spouses.
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No decent career was ever founded on a public.
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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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Date a woman with children only if you are ready to man up, because it's a position that comes with responsibility.
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Some might consider me an unlikely advocate for gun rights because I sustained terrible injuries in a violent shooting. But I'm a patriot, and I believe the right to bear arms is a definitive part of our American heritage.
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Oh, isn't it cool? It's so cool being an actor! It's so cool having my face on a bus.
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We do believe that freedom, the right to choose, the right to vote, respect and justice is the fundamental right of all people. All people must obtain these rights.
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To be able to take my pictures, I have to look, all the time, at the people and places I care about.
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That's what the sari is about. Everything is covered, yet a peep of an ankle can be a turn on for men.
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I have lifestyle requirements. Photos, meetings, lunches, dinners, facial care, tooth care. It requires an exorbitant amount of money.
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To me, it's just like, if you have talent, and you're lucky enough to find where you fit, and you work with the right people, it's not exalted at all.
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I'm a television junkie.
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Do I think Vince McMahon was looking at my matches in Japan going, 'We need him?' No. He wasn't. He's too busy. There's no way. But somebody may have been looking and going, 'All right, I like this guy. Let's give him a shot.'
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In a democracy, you don't need anyone's permission to form a new political party, publish a politically charged article, or organize a 'tea party.' And in open markets, individuals are free to buy and invest as they see fit.
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Just because you're not like other people doesn't mean that you're bad. It means that you're different, and that's great.
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There are countless fantastic actors out there who are being denied the opportunity to play Broadway because they're not a name, and I think that's kind of wrong.
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The opportunity to represent your country at the Olympic Games is earned, not given.
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Don't allow missed opportunities of the past interfere with the opportunities that are right before you.
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Dreams say what they mean, but they don't say it in daytime language.
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When you have an opportunity to do a series, you want to stick it out. You don't know when you're going to get another one like that again.
