Aunjanue Ellis Quotes

Black women are supposed to be 'strong,' but the burden of carrying our race and carrying our families adds the pressure.

Aunjanue Ellis

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actress
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 21, 1969

Topics

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Regular panelists on shows can be terrifying. They own that space, and many guest comics suspect they are favoured in the edit, while their own hilarious jokes end up being ejected into the ether.

Jo Brand

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I continued studying by myself in the field of jazz with my own technique of improvisation, walking bass lines, rhythms, all kinds of stuff, which I created for myself.

Miroslav Vitous

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My greatest fear is feeling like a professional novelist. Somebody who creates characters, who sits down and has pieces of paper taped to the wall - what's going to happen in this scene, or this act. What I like is for it to be a much more scary, sloppy reflection of who I am.

Jonathan Safran Foer

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Watch out, or I'm liable to put you in a story.

Dorothy Allison

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When you're there and actually facing Natalie Dormer, it seems to go on for years.

Dean-Charles Chapman

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I wrote and directed a movie called 'Two - Bit Waltz'. We just wrapped. It was a blast, blast, blast.

Clara Mamet

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I don't think anyone chooses the decathlon as much as it chooses you.

Bryan Clay

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Politically there were failures. And also on the personal level, there were tremendous failures.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

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I'm really curious about the memory of Nixon for people who grew up under Clinton. What do people remember of him? In his day, the definition of a conservative right-wing president is more like a centrist in our own time. He's also one of our funnier presidents - just a really good character to write about.

Austin Grossman

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As I get older, I want to draw on my experience to make roles better. I see that in the older women who inspire me - their experience makes them better.

Anne-Marie Duff

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I get mad at the New York-based environmentalists because if you were truly environmentalists you wouldn't have a storm surge system and a sanitary system hooked together here that requires you to close your beaches 10 times a year.

Aubrey McClendon

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Work is like the rest of life. The best parts are free.

Scott Adams

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