Cleavant Derricks Quotes

When you have an opportunity to do a series, you want to stick it out. You don't know when you're going to get another one like that again.

Cleavant Derricks

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: May 15, 1953

Topics

OpportunityYouKnowWantOutGoing

Even the notion that women should have children at all is based on the idea that a woman's inherent and most important role is that of mother. Shockingly, men's 'innate' roles are a lot more fun than the ones bestowed on women.

Jessica Valenti

MotherWomenChildrenMenWomanFun

The president needs to make certain an absolutely thorough vetting system is in place that will not allow terrorists from Syria or any other part of the world into our country.

Matt Mead

WorldCountryPlaceWillPresident

The first time I ever did a play, in junior high school, I said to myself, 'Hey, people like me doing this. I'm making them laugh.'

Stephen Furst

TimeMyselfSchoolPeopleMeLaugh

All your life, you live so close to truth, it becomes a permanent blur in the corner of your eye. And when something nudges it into outline, it is like being ambushed by a grotesque.

Tom Stoppard

LifeLiveTruthEyeBlurYou

I admire personalities. Some politicians who are only great mice are just persons.

Milos Zeman

GreatAdmirePoliticiansMiceJust

Yeah, I guess everyone's had a reasonable amount of sex in their lives, some less than others.

Josh Silver

SexOthersEveryoneThanSomeGuess

After a while, when the writer is mature, it doesn't really matter - not because of finances but because of reputation. It doesn't really matter how many awards you get.

Derek Walcott

ReputationYouMatureMatterAwards

When I wrote 'Southern Baptist Sissies,' that was the first time that I really ventured out into pure drama with themes where there was not one laugh sometimes. But I've always gravitated organically to blending tones and usually get good reviews about that. That's what life is about.

Del Shores

LifeGoodTimeLaughDramaFirst

I have that special sort of novelist body of knowledge which is extraordinarily wide and very, very shallow. So I can usually answer the questions on 'Jeopardy,' but never the bonus question.

Christopher Moore

KnowledgeQuestionsBodyI CanNever

I enjoy dating. I love first dates. I think they're incredibly fascinating studies in human psychology. When you sit down across from someone on a first date and things are going alright, you talk objectives. We want to win each other over, so how do you win someone over? You have to put the best foot forward.

Chris Pine

LoveBestDatingWinForwardThink

At the zoo, people would gather around the railway to see the snakes being fed, and my brothers would walk around the group, taking from purses or bags or using a razor to cut pockets and take wallets.

Apollo Robbins

WalkPeopleZooGroupSeeRailway

I really love yoga.

Anne Hathaway

LoveYogaReally

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