Courtney A. Kemp Quotes

When people watch 'Power' and they find out the showrunner is black, it's not surprising. What is surprising is that I am a woman and my background is not particularly urban.

Courtney A. Kemp

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When I get an idea, I start to write like I was electrically motivated.

Jerry Lewis

StartWriteGetMotivatedIdeaLike

I rarely know too much about anything I'm getting involved in.

Melissa Leo

Too MuchKnowAnythingInvolvedMuch

How can you satisfy your hunger while your neighbor is spending the night hungry?

Sulaiman Abdul Aziz Al Rajhi

NightYouNeighborHungryHunger

My mother's brother, my uncle, was an actor, quite well known in the West End. He used to come over to our house, and he and I would put on performances for my family. From that, this love of performing and acting grew.

Sonoya Mizuno

FamilyLoveMotherBrotherEndOver

Surrender is working with what happens.

Lizz Wright

SurrenderWorkingHappens

Every actor is like, 'I could direct!'

Domhnall Gleeson

ActorLikeDirectEveryCould

I may not have seen my girlfriend for two or three months, but then we can spend two or three months together solidly. It's swings and roundabouts.

Douglas Booth

TogetherThreeTwoGirlfriendMay

When people ask me really stupid questions or get it really wrong, I feel embarrassed for them. I don't really feel angry at them.

Chris Isaak

AngryPeopleMeStupidQuestions

For me, whatever age or size I've been, I have rather liked myself. The shell is not the thing at all.

Dawn French

AgeMyselfMeSizeWhateverBeen

If you look to your past or even your present to see why you are here or what your purpose is, you may get stuck in a limited view of yourself. Instead, look beyond your years here on earth, reconnect with the divine, and bring forth your soul's legacy into the present moment.

Debbie Ford

MomentSoulPastPurposeYourself

Until I really accepted this about myself and got over any of my own transphobia that I had, I really felt like I wouldn't be accepted. I thought I would ruin my life.

Chaz Bono

LifeMyselfThoughtMy LifeMy Own

I've played 'The Wizard of Oz' for my kids, but by today's standards, it seems really long. I don't know if there's enough action in it for them. And there's the whole black-and-white sequence in the beginning where she's on a farm. It takes a while to get to the colored part, and then it gets more exciting, and things start to happen.

Corin Tucker

TodayBeginningStartActionEnough

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