- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
Me Quotes
Quotes rooted in the first person.
These are quotes centered on 'me' - childhood memories tied to family traditions, like a grandfather's holiday reading passed down for decades, alongside admissions about how humor can double as self-protection. Several speak to the solitary nature of creative work, something also explored in Life Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Journey
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I became a director, I wanted to convince a very reluctant Sidney into allowing me to go on the journey of his life. Sidney had gone ahead of every other African American actor.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Film and television were out. I was 24, and it went on until I was 36. For an actor, those are your years. I got a great urgency and education during the blacklist, and it made me grow up in a way I never could have before, and in very good ways, too.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
It bothers me to know there is the possibility that I as a Christian would be not only an underdog, but that I would be trodden upon if I claimed that I was a Christian.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
My grandparents knew it was important that I understood Christianity and the Bible. But they never took me to church; they sent me to church.
- Passion
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am a writer and editor with a passion for true storytelling. To me, science matters, research matters and knowledge matters, whatever the field.
- Fascinates
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- Nov 07, 2020
Democracy fascinates me.
- Funny
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't really find things funny unless they're deeply tragic at the same time. I think if you're funny just for the sake of being funny, it's just frivolous nonsense. To me, all the best comic plays have been written about really serious and rather bleak things.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know that God gave me the blessing to use, to bring honor and glory to Him, and to use to impact the lives of people.
- Did
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- Nov 07, 2020
I just did one movie and there was no career for me, anyway.
- Drive
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- Nov 07, 2020
You see I have to be in the clinic every Thursday and it's in Phoenix so I have to fly down or drive down. It has to be every Thursday for this damn stuff they're giving me.
- Guy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I used to not stutter any. Oh, I did when I was a kid, I stuttered, I had a bad stutter until I was probably between the second and third grade and a guy got rid of it for me.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020