Phylicia Rashad Quotes

What he showed me was not what I had to get, but what I already have. I am just myself, and who I am is a lot.

Phylicia Rashad

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MyselfI AmMeGetJustWho

I never had much interest in being a child. As a way of being it seemed flat, failed to engage.

Joan Didion

ChildWayNeverEngageInterestHad

I was a freshman at Stanford University the first time someone called me a 'bama.' One of my new friends from D.C. said it, laughing, and even though I didn't know what it meant, exactly, I got that it was some kind of insult. I must have smirked or shrugged, which made him laugh harder, and then he called me 'country,' too.

Jesmyn Ward

TimeMeLaughFriendsSomeoneKnow

Dixie has just fallen to pieces. There are little patches of Dixie. But even in the heart of Dixie - in Alabama - Dixie is slipping. They've stopped using the word in commercial listings.

John Shelton Reed

HeartLittlePiecesAlabamaJust

I'm good enough; I'm smart enough. Self-affirmation is where people list their core values. These are things that really make them who they are.

Amy Cuddy

GoodSmartPeopleEnoughValuesWho

This is not a filmy line, but truth always wins.

Shilpa Shinde

TruthAlwaysLineWins

You know, in playing a role like this, you really want to get it right, because this is a person who was revered by so many doctors, women doctors especially.

Mary Stuart Masterson

WomenYouPersonKnowWantRight

My father had this mythological sense of the old New York, and he used to tell me stories about these old gangs, particularly the Forty Thieves in the Fourth Ward.

Martin Scorsese

FatherNew YorkMeNewOldThieves

You always hear people saying, 'I hope I'm not turning into my dad', but I'd be honoured if I became half as decent a bloke as he is.

Johnny Vegas

HopePeopleSayingYouAlwaysHalf

You can't stop rock-n-roll!

Dee Snider

YouStopRock-N-Roll

My one thing is I continue to be interested and want to be a student. I don't want to be a master. When I'm learning something, I'm in my element.

Chick Corea

LearningStudentWantMasterElement

Every day, I work at not taking this fame thing seriously. Fortunately, I have a great group of friends who help me do this.

Bruce Willis

WorkGreatDayMeFriendsHelp

Science fiction writers, I am sorry to say, really do not know anything. We can't talk about science, because our knowledge of it is limited and unofficial, and usually our fiction is dreadful.

Philip K. Dick

KnowledgeScienceI AmSorryKnow

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