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Courtney A. Kemp Quotes

I am tired of people using 'diverse' to mean 'of color.' That's not what that word means. 'Diversity' means people of all different races, all together - like a New York City subway.

Courtney A. Kemp

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: american
Birth: May 4, 1977

Topics

Together Diversity New York Tired

I was always a show girl. My parents were wonderful. There wasn't a lot going on where we lived, but they ferried me to classes and competitions all over the place. When I was 12, I came to London as a finalist in a singing competition and I was completely wide-eyed.

Anna Maxwell Martin

Girl Competition Parents Me Singing

People don't just show up in the C-suite overnight.

Amy Hood

People Up Overnight Show Just

I came out of 'Che' a different filmmaker.

Steven Soderbergh

Out Filmmaker Different I Came Came

Three thousand hits is something that should stand for itself.

Rod Carew

Stand Three Something Thousand Hits

What they have done in Japan, which I find so inspirational, is they've brought the toilet out from behind the locked door. They've made it conversational. People go out and upgrade their toilet. They talk about it. They've sanitized it.

Rose George

Inspirational People Door Find Done

Like the American soldiers who went before them, they are putting their lives on the line to protect ours.

Doc Hastings

American Protect Soldiers Line Like

They were totally supportive, always saw everything I did. One of the thrills of my life was when they went to the theater to see something that I wasn't in. It opened doors for them that otherwise would have been totally closed.

Derek Jacobi

Life My Life Doors Everything See

When you shoot a film, you have very little time to waste, and I try to go into the character as soon as possible and stay there as much as I can.

Demian Bichir

Character Time You I Can Possible

I only have one note, let's be honest. But I'll play a different version of that one note.

David Spade

Play Honest Note Different Only

Suit the action to the word, the word to the action.

William Shakespeare

Action Suit Word

Things we do not expect, happen more frequently than we wish.

Plautus

Wish More Happen Things Expect Than

I could never understand how we could put 120,000 Japanese behind a fence in World War II. I remember being bewildered about that.

Phil Donahue

War World Remember Fence Understand