- Daughter
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- Nov 07, 2020
Loved Quotes
The people and things that stayed with us.
These loved quotes trace what people held onto growing up, from a teenager's musical influences to a childhood show watched over family dinners. A few mention loving a sport picked up early in life and never really put down. Related picks appear in our Like quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Hair
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I heard Kerastase was starting a natural line, I was like, 'Oh my god, that's so me.' They loved that I'm a natural blonde. A lot of hair companies want color, so I was very lucky.
- Character
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- Nov 07, 2020
My very first story, I was around 5, and I really just wrote myself. When I was 5, I loved myself so much I gave myself a twin named Tomi. Everything started out fine. But then I didn't write another black character until I was 18.
- College
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- Nov 07, 2020
My freshman year of college, 'The Hunger Games' movie adaptation came out, and I was really excited about it. This was maybe 2011. I loved it, but there was a lot of hateful backlash against the black characters in the film.
- Guitar
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always hated jazz guitar. I loved jazz saxophone but I hated jazz guitar. If I would buy an organ trio record I would make sure I'd buy one that did not have a guitar player on it. The sound was awful!
- Growing Up
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was awesome growing up listening to Oasis and Paolo Nutini, but I also loved growing up listening to Ray Charles and Muddy Waters.
- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I played team sport as a kid and loved it. I played basketball and football throughout high school into college in the intramurals and I loved it. There was nothing like a team.
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020
The fact is, I loved being English. I was very happy to be turned into an English schoolboy.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I felt that my decisions, whether good or bad, would always be supported by my parents, because I was loved and respected.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
During my past career as a journalist, I relished writing obits and equally dreaded phoning relatives for the necessary facts. But to my surprise and great relief, they often wanted to talk - they wanted their recently deceased loved ones recorded in print.
- Love Is
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- Nov 07, 2020
The highest function of love is that it makes the loved one a unique and irreplacable being.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
I loved doing 'Rock of Ages' in N.Y. and that, but its such a large scale, and so many things go into it.
- Film
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm in 'Madagascar 2.' I'm Testy the Lion. The franchise moves to Africa, and Bernie Mac is also in the film. I loved working for Dreamworks on that film.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020