Chanel Iman Quotes
Mostly I'm proud to be an African-American woman, but I'm glad I have a universal look as well.
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Violin playing is a physical art with great traditions behind it.
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Even when poetry has a meaning, as it usually has, it may be inadvisable to draw it out... Perfect understanding will sometimes almost extinguish pleasure.
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I'm over the word 'like' in conversation, and 'you know' seems to be the placeholder of choice, but when I'm writing dialogue, I tend to use those phrases because that's how people talk.
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Love what you do, not the love you get for doing it.
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The people will save their government, if the government itself will allow them.
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In film, you are a totally different person than in the video.
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People are entitled to the presumption of innocence.
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Inevitably, I think the people that want to work with me are also the people that I want to work with.
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A lot of the time, when I watch actors now, I think, 'I don't believe you.'
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I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks.
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Television offered me the opportunity to do new things; I had written a lot of scripts other than scary movies. I had actually written some romantic comedies and stuff that I really wanted to try my hand at, and nobody would let me do that. Television allowed me to do anything I wanted.
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I am very outspoken, obviously, and I should say that I can't judge anyone for doing anything.
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Personally, I am not so affected by my environment. What I build in the creative process is not necessarily connected to what I am physically in contact with. I am always observing everything, but it will not necessarily have a direct impact on what I do.
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I have this data bank garbage can in the back of my head that is an emotional collection of events that have occurred in my life.
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I ate better in Liberia than I did in Ohio.
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I think it's a tough transition. It's easy to go from comedian to rapper, but to go from rapper to comedian is tougher.
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If the blood humor is too strong and robust, calm it with balance and harmony.
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It's all about sound. It's that simple.
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I strongly believe that crossing the aisle for the good of the American people is more important than party politics.
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I made my way on to a grey list, a black list even. That's something I'm very proud of, actually.
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I'm big on showing people versatility. I'm constantly trying to push myself to break barriers and the idea that we have to stay in one lane.
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A lot of time, I'd spell things in standard English instead of phonetically because I want people to understand what's going on. It's also very lyrical, and the great thing about lyrical prose is even when you're not totally sure of the words, you can be swayed by the musicality of it.
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Dear brothers and sisters, I have often thought of how the Church may render more clear her mission to be a witness to mercy; and we have to make this journey. It is a journey which begins with spiritual conversion. Therefore, I have decided to announce an Extraordinary Jubilee which has at its centre the mercy of God. It will be a Holy Year of Mercy.
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Mostly I'm proud to be an African-American woman, but I'm glad I have a universal look as well.
