Sherri Shepherd Quotes

When I was little I went to a Baptist Church with my grandmother. My earliest memories were of her falling out in the middle of the floor and they had to cover her with a white sheet. Every time we went to church it was scary. The music would start playing, and then everybody would start running and shouting and hollering and screaming.

Sherri Shepherd

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MusicMemoriesTimeStartChurch

When you grow up being taught to worship, whatever that means, there is an array of body-rich symbols: tears, blood, crucifixion, the stations of the cross, transubstantiation... Faith is a belief in something that is irrational, and so to have faith, there is some correlation there with the belief in the art.

Robert Gober

FaithArtTearsGrowYouBlood

I'd like to do a play in New York.

Matt Smith

New YorkPlayNewLikeYork

If I took myself too seriously, I would be a mess every day because the world keeps my ego in check.

Anna Kendrick

MyselfDayWorldEgoEvery DayMess

Election time is when you start to hear about 'average people,' 'working families,' 'patriotic Americans' and such.

Anand Giridharadas

TimePeopleStartYouElectionHear

I know so many acting careers that are deliberately kickstarted by a publicist placing a bit of rubbish in a newspaper. And I don't want that. If someone recognises me, I want it to be because they've seen me in something, not because they have seen me at something.

Sophia Myles

MeSomeoneActingKnowWantSeen

Acceptance does not mean that you placidly acquiesce to the myriad injustices that are all around you. In fact, that you are incensed about these injustices is the very reason you need to try your level best to 'right' these 'wrongs.'

Srikumar Rao

BestAcceptanceYouTryMeanNeed

Snowboarding and skiing are big adaptive sports, so that's kind of a market that I wanted to make our equipment used for.

Mike Schultz

SportsSkiingKindSnowboardingBig

Pachinko, like all gambling, is rigged. The house always wins. It's a central metaphor of life. It's rigged, but you keep playing.

Min Jin Lee

LifeGamblingYouHouseAlwaysKeep

When you're a little kid, you have nerve. I'd walk right up to whoever was recording and say, 'Hey, dude, what's the lick of the week?'

Dimebag Darrell

WalkWeekYouSayRightKid

Though I have no productive worth, I have a certain value as an indestructible quantity.

Alice James

ValueWorthQuantityProductive

I never think about a shoot before I do it. Because there's no formula for people. What I try to do is to strip everything away rather than go in with preconceived notions. If I do that, I might miss a gem or a jewel that the person is offering me.

Platon

PeopleMeThinkPersonGoNever

I instantly chucked my academic ambitions and began writing fiction full-time.

Peter Straub

WritingFictionAcademicBegan

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