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The NBA is all politics. It's about who you know.
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What matters is discovering myself under the veneer, under the layers that are wrapped around me. There are two 'yous'; there's 'you', the real you, and then there's the image.
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You're measured by championships no matter what.
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The White House is the people's house. When you do historical restoration, that must be what it is.
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If you have a dog, I must have a dog. If you have a rifle, I must have a rifle. If you have a club, I must have a club. This is equality.
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Being a fiction writer makes you someone who works with irresponsibility.
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Lord, I'm going to hold steady on to You and You've got to see me through.
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You are not indispensable to your church, but you are indispensable to your family.
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Comedy's really subjective, you know.
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You only can rest when have the truth, even when it's horrible.
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You know, when I did 'American Idol' the three times, I tried to tell these kids you have to tell the story of the lyric.
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There's no way you can win when you're the president; you've got to be the scapegoat for America's issues.
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The opportunities I've had to play really complex characters - which haven't been a lot, but some - you never get over them.
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The thing about fantasy - there are certain things you just don't do in fantasy.
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You know, Democratic and Republican administrations alike have supported individuals and regimes that have slaughtered millions across the globe. And they need to be held accountable for that.
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Whether you call my heart affectionate, or you call it womanish: I confess, that to my misfortune, it is soft.
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When you're working in public radio, you don't have any money to advertise.
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Oh, did I tell you I have a cookbook? I have a cookbook deal.
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You're always close and you never get that big romantic lead.
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Some astronauts sleep in sort of beds - compartments that you can open up and crawl into and then close up, almost like a little bedroom.
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You have to constantly redefine who you are.
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Then, at some point, you get identified with certain things.
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At home, you always have to be a politician; when you're abroad, you almost feel yourself a statesman.
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The thing about being black and having a different accent, in the beginning, is that it makes you foreign.
