Russell Peters Quotes

I talk about race and culture, and that's what my fans respond to. If you grew up in an environment where race and culture were never an issue for you, or where you don't see the humor in our so-called differences, then you might not respond to what I'm doing.

Russell Peters

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HumorCultureEnvironmentDoingYou

I think novels - or any art form - can have a powerful impact on people's perceptions of race, particularly if they draw attention to the absurd inconsistencies and stereotypes we all carry around with us and don't want to think about.

Jess Row

ArtPeopleThinkImpactPowerful

I've learned that guns are exceptionally challenging to use effectively, with a power that must be respected. But mostly what I've learned is that they're a lot of fun, and dangerously appealing to an active imagination.

Trieste Kelly Dunn

PowerImaginationFunActiveGuns

I've never fancied that footballer lifestyle. I suppose I could live that kind of flash life. People stereotype child actors and kind of expect you to go off the rails a bit, be a bit crazy, but that's not really happened yet. I've got a big family so that helps, and they live really close to the studios so it's just so much easier.

Rupert Grint

LifeFamilyLiveChildPeopleCrazy

I am such a vacation girl. I have little places that I go to frequently! If I am not too busy on a weekend, I try to go someplace like Mexico or Manzanillo or something like that.

LisaRaye McCoy-Misick

GirlVacationI AmBusyWeekendGo

I think when you work with people who are super exceptional, there's simplicity to it because everybody is on the same page in terms of tone.

Jonathan Krisel

WorkSimplicityPeopleThinkYou

The walk from Selma to Montgomery that turned into Bloody Sunday leaves us with a strong reminder of how much those before us gave for basic human rights.

Donna Brazile

WalkStrongSundayHumanRightsUs

I love Christmas. Christmas is family time.

Brody Jenner

FamilyLoveTimeChristmasI Love

The philosophic spirit of inquiry may be traced to brute curiosity, and that to the habit of examining all things in search of food.

William Winwood Reade

FoodHabitCuriositySearchSpirit

I have written too much about lives - I feel I have lived for too long.

Shan Sa

FeelLongToo MuchLivedI FeelToo

A public man must never forget that he loses his usefulness when he as an individual, rather than his policy, becomes the issue.

Richard M. Nixon

ManNever ForgetForgetNeverPolicy

'I Am Legend' is quite unusual for its time. I just wanted to write a story about female boxers, and I couldn't get that going in my mind. I don't know exactly where the idea of just a man pitting himself against a robot boxer came from.

Richard Matheson

TimeManI AmMindStoryLegend

What is it that you're not doing - in your work, in your life - because you feel you need permission? If someone had given you that permission as a youngster, what do you think you'd be doing now?

Justine Musk

LifeWorkThinkSomeoneDoingYou

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