Jefferson Mays Quotes

I should be one of those actors who has a list. A lot of people do - 'I wanna do this and this and this' - but I don't. I enjoy being surprised - indeed, often ambushed - by a role.

Jefferson Mays

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 8, 1965

Topics

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Exploitation. Now, there's a word that has been scrubbed out of the poverty debate.

Matthew Desmond

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When I was superintendent of Denver Public Schools, I saw the potential of some of our best and brightest students cut short, punished for the actions of others - kids who had grown up and done well in our school system, and kids who know no other home but America. This is unacceptable.

Michael Bennet

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There's great food everywhere, and even McDonald's uses nice wood now.

Spike Jonze

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There is such a very large quantity of books clamouring for a buyer's attention that publishers have relied more and more on support such as blurbs as a way of getting an independent recommendation from a familiar name, much in the same way that Amazon.com will send an e-mail recommending Book A to a customer who's already purchased Book B.

Sonny Mehta

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I wanted to be a pro wrestler, but my mom didn't let me. I used to make videos and stuff in the backyard. I had a buddy named Daniel Decker, and we used to have a tag team called the 'Deck Garra Era.' We used to make video after video. We were the tag team champions, but then we turned on each other.

Josh Segarra

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I like women who are okay with who they are.

Chris Kattan

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When I teach seminars, I tell people, 'Your stuff has to look like something that's out there, because otherwise nobody will take a chance on you.'

Christopher Moore

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In the world of maternal health, cell phone technology is being used to provide prenatal care, linking pregnant women to health care providers when they can't otherwise reach healthcare facilities.

Christy Turlington

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I love hanging out with my friends; I love to run. I box. I'm a huge movie buff.

Brittany Snow

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I get labelled as just being about one thing, but there's lots of layers to what I do.

Paul Weller

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Do it now. It is not safe to leave a generous feeling to the cooling influences of the world.

Thomas Guthrie

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In Florida, we are focused on economic growth and not on things that divide us.

Rick Scott

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