Lorraine Toussaint Quotes

We actors are superstitious creatures. We do all the homework, and we put all of the components together, but there's always one key aspect that we're not in charge of, really, and that's magic. You are always on the lookout for where and how that magic is going to ignite.

Lorraine Toussaint

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TogetherKeyHomeworkMagicYou

My earliest memories are of my father explaining to me the American Dream and how he expected me to do better than he did.

Joe Lhota

FatherMemoriesAmerican DreamMeHe

You can't worry if it's cold; you can't worry if it's hot; you only worry if you get sick. Because then if you don't get well, you die.

Joaquin Andujar

SickColdDieWorryYouHot

Anytime you share life stories with other people, you know, you are acknowledging their humanity and kind of accessing some things about yourself, and other people start to expect things about themselves. It's kind of like a fellowship.

Jill Scott

LifeYourselfPeopleStartYouKnow

If I can get someone to put on a dress, walk in a room, have them feel great, and have everybody think that they look lovely, too - that's my job, as far as evening wear goes.

Jenny Packham

GreatWalkJobDressThinkEvening

Once we thought, journalists and readers alike, that if we put together enough 'facts' and gave them a fast stir, we would come up with something that, at least by the standards of short-order cooks, could be called the truth.

Melvin Maddocks

TruthTogetherFactsThoughtEnough

Privacy is an age of universal email collection and spying, with millions of CCTV cameras and warrantless spying pervasive; privacy has become virtually nonexistent and, therefore, extremely scarce and desirable. Bitcoin can be a completely anonymous transaction that maintains the user's privacy beyond the reach of any authority.

Max Keiser

AgeReachPrivacyAuthorityBecome

I think doing period piece is easier, because after a certain distance, everybody is equal, I think. The relative contemporary is harder. I think that's the way it is.

Ang Lee

ThinkDoingDistanceWayEqual

I think, more than anything, in times of crisis we should be shedding party labels.

Ronna McDaniel

ThinkPartyCrisisMoreAnything

However, the Administration's plan to privatize Social Security will undermine retirement security for all Americans by cutting guaranteed benefits by more than 40 percent, and risky private accounts won't make up for the loss of benefits for millions of Americans.

Ruben Hinojosa

RetirementLossPlanSecurityWill

The system of mass incarceration depends almost entirely on the cooperation of those it seeks to control.

Michelle Alexander

ControlCooperationSystemAlmost

We live in a nation where corporations are people.

Lizz Winstead

LivePeopleNationWhere

I'm particularly fortunate to be in a position where I can bring my child to work and be able to get good child care. Not a lot of women have that.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus

WorkGoodWomenChildCareI Can

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