Laila Ali Quotes
I don't get the action... well, I never did get the big action hero parts. I was always locked into making the kids movies, which were a lot of fun.
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We were five kids at home, and my mother and grandmother ensured that we all had a very grounded upbringing in Madras. Even in school, I never used to tell anyone that my dad was an actor.
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I've always thought that I'm sexy in my own right, but not in a way that people thought was bankable.
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What I believe will make my acting career successful going forward is hard work. I like to challenge myself. Then it's the people I meet and choosing the projects I want to work on correctly. There's a lot of characters I can play.
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I'm a big 'Firefly' fan. I'm a Nathan Fillion fan because of 'Firefly.'
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Every man's work, whether it be literature, or music or pictures or architecture or anything else, is always a portrait of himself.
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I have had success throughout the years. Some of the hard rock bands today don't have the history that I have.
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Jessica Lange was my biggest crush when I was a kid.
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I like the gritty parts of fashion, the design, the studio, the pictures.
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I've overcome neglect and deprivation, abandonment and abuse.
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Reputation is rarely proportioned to virtue.
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I'm uncomfortable with the limelight. I'm not the type to go to the places where I know I'll be seen. I'd rather keep a low profile.
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There is only one way... to get anybody to do anything. And that is by making the other person want to do it.
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I'm gonna make my records, whether I release them as Bleachers or something else.
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What I find is that it's the middle-aged authors who have lived a life who have the most important, interesting voices. They just need someone to give them the key to unlock the door.
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There is no way to prosperity, prosperity is the way.
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Enjoy every sandwich.
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If you have a sense of style and purpose and will you don't want to compromise.
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Like most conservatives, my path was a bit meandering. I grew up around people who mostly held conservative or libertarian views. The liberals I knew were fairly quiet about it, or at least I don't remember it being very heavy-handed.
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It's fun to work the robotic arm in part because it's really a team effort.
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I went through college while working a full-time manual-labor job, and I don't regret a minute of it; it was a great learning experience.
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There is no shame like poor shame. It can make you warm and charming, bitter and resentful, all at once.
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I have a large heart, and there are many special people in my heart like my mom, my dad and brother and his wife.
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I'm about this shmoney.
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I don't get the action... well, I never did get the big action hero parts. I was always locked into making the kids movies, which were a lot of fun.
