- Black
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- Nov 07, 2020
You Quotes
Quotes that speak straight to you.
This collection gathers quotes framed around 'you' - from candid reflections on body image pressures passed down in families to observations about how humor can mask real vulnerability. Many touch on how what you know about yourself differs from how others perceive you.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Hero
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Luke Cage you saw in Season One was a reluctant hero. He was trying to figure out if he wanted to be a hero in the first place. And then fate intervened and forced him to step up his game.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
To be honest with you, I don't male-bash. I don't believe in male-bashing. I write about things that are natural, that happen in life.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most superheroes, when you look at origin stories - before they invent their costume, they just go with what's around.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
After 30 years in the theater, I'm used to having a great amount of control over what I do. But with '24', you place your character's life in the writers' hands, and you have no idea what's going to happen until you're sent the next pages.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
As an actor, whether you look good or you don't, it's still about what you look like: Whether you are heavy enough to play this part or thin enough to play that part. The fact of the matter is, you can add a little weight with some extra padding, but you can't shave it off.
- Face
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- Nov 07, 2020
Let's face it: there aren't a lot of black superheroes. So, in dealing with a black superhero, you're going to deal with ugly history and the beauty of history.
- King
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's much easier to talk about racism when you're able to use mutants as a metaphor. People would much rather talk about Charles Xavier and Magneto than they would about Martin Luther King or Malcolm X.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe in soulmates, yes, but I believe you also have to work at love. I happen to believe your soulmate doesn't have to be your partner - your soulmate could be your best friend, your sibling, it doesn't have to be the person you marry.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
What I will say is that business is not a nice area. And you might say that I am a business woman, but I'm not into cut-throat business moves.
- Harlem
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- Nov 07, 2020
Honestly, what 'Luke Cage' is - it's a hip-hop Western. And you have Luke Cage as the sheriff of Harlem.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can act normally, and I can go out, but people around you don't act normally. If it was normal, I'd go out and have my dinner and nobody would be video-phoning me eating my dinner.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
The reason I go for the designers is because they make me feel good. It's about finding clothes that make you feel good as a woman. If I like it, I'll wear it. You have to go with your instincts and not be led by trends.
- Someone
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- Nov 07, 2020