Tomi Adeyemi Quotes

I grew up in a predominantly white community - Hinsdale, Illinois - and given that, I feel blessed because I could still count my experiences with blatant racism on two hands. I thought racism was the substitute teacher picking on you because she assumes that you're a delinquent, and she doesn't know you have the highest score in the class.

Tomi Adeyemi

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I don't know why records are treated different than books. I don't know why an Eminem record is different than a Stephen King movie.

Jimmy Iovine

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Being a lazy parent and letting your kid watch stuff that's not appropriate for their age is one of the bigger mistakes you can make.

Jennie Garth

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There would be no Mauro Ranallo in MMA, or maybe even period, to be truly honest with you... without Bas Rutten's friendship, mentorship, and just belief in my talents.

Mauro Ranallo

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Everybody thought of me as Arnold Horshack. I resented Horshack for so many years.

Ron Palillo

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I'm proud of having a girlfriend; it just doesn't have anything to do with my music.

Romy Madley Croft

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Why do we have 'Transformers 5 or 6?' Because young kids will go and see it four or five times.

Michelle Yeoh

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I've been looking at some video clips on YouTube of President Obama - then candidate Obama - going through Iowa making promises. The gap between his promises and his performance is the largest I've seen, well, since the Kardashian wedding and the promise of 'til death do we part.

Mitt Romney

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Hamburgers are my favorite thing to eat, period.

Joshua Bell

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I did a good bit of episodic television directing, but directing a movie is so much more complicated.

Jason Bateman

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I was a teacher for a long time. I taught at a community college: voice, theory, humanities. And nowadays, music education is a dying thing. Funding is being cut more and more and more.

Jon Secada

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News is the best drama on television because it's real.

Deborah Turness

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If you really get into a particular character, you also want to do your own stunts.

Coco Martin

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