Cicely Tyson Quotes

Now, I am perfectly willing to just enjoy my career by choosing roles simply because I consider them to be a challenge and doing the best possible job I can.

Cicely Tyson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actress
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 19, 1933

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I knew I wanted to play 'Dr Cox' really bad, which is always a huge mistake because as soon as you want something really bad, maybe you rip up a little bit.

John C. McGinley

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I think everybody had difficulties with that dynamic, turning the family into a band and being constantly together. So everybody, as individuals. had things to sort out.

Andrea Corr

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I was born in Decatur, was raised there, but I never in my life was permitted to vote there.

Medgar Evers

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My dad signed me up for some acting classes at a place in Honolulu, and there I got to audition for some L.A.-based talent agents. I got a few 'callbacks' and so my mom and I decided to fly to California and check it out!

Maxim Knight

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The language fictional characters use is chosen for effect, at least if the author is concentrating.

John M. Ford

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I like Donald. I guess I shouldn't call him that. I like President Trump. He's affable. He's funny.

Jeff Zucker

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I'm passionate about mobilizing young Latinos to get to the polls, so I'm involved with Voto Latino. Latinos are a vital but underrepresented force in this country.

Ana Ortiz

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Obama is the New Generation and the hot light of a dawn that goes way beyond clever talk of morning in America.

John Ridley

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I've always known when I start a story what the last line is. It's always been the case, since the first story I ever wrote. I don't know how it's going to get there, but I seem to need the destination. I need to know where I end up. It never changes, ever.

Amy Hempel

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For the several thousands of years before they became firefighters and physicians, women were sirens, enchantresses, snares. At times it seems as if female powerlessness is male self-preservation in disguise. And for millennia, this has made for a zero-sum game: A woman's intelligence was a man's deception.

Stacy Schiff

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Television has a different biorhythm than movies. I love the biorhythm of TV.

Steven Spielberg

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But really, anytime, I play on a practice pad as much as I can.

Travis Barker

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