Sherri Shepherd Quotes

My dad worked two jobs and moved us to the suburbs, and just being a black person, I went through a lot of racism and being called names and being bullied every single day. And it was hard. I didn't have any friends.

Sherri Shepherd

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Playing professional football is something I'll never be able to do.

Jerry O'Connell

FootballProfessionalNeverSomething

I'm not patient at all. I avoid writer's block by writing. I power through with a bad version, so I can move on, and usually once I've gotten to the next scene, I'll discover what was missing from the bad version scene. Then I can easily rewrite it to get back on the right path.

Anders Holm

PowerPathWritingBadBackI Can

There's room for everyone, and everyone is wanted and needed. Whoopi showed me that. When I first saw 'The Color Purple,' it was so huge. That was the first time I had seen myself, my mother, my aunts, women that I had known my whole life on-screen. It gives us hope, and it gives us confidence.

Anna Diop

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Does fiction, artistic writing, have much of a future? I must say it's on the way out.

John Updike

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I'm naturally attracted to something I don't understand because when you try to deal with something you don't understand, it opens a door into another world.

Simon McBurney

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I was kind of a spastic, creative kid.

Tony Hale

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Certain things do not effect me anymore, which is not always good. There is always commotion, but I notice that hardly anything affects me or puts me out of balance.

Ruud van Nistelrooy

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My grandchildren just know me now as Mr. Potato Head.

Don Rickles

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As a filmmaker, I believe in trying to make movies that invite the audience to be part of the film; in other words, there are some films where I'm just a spectator and am simply observing from the front seat. What I try to do is draw the audience into the film and have them participate in what's happening onscreen.

Peter Jackson

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Flooding is the costliest and most common cause of property damage, which is why federal flood insurance should be affordable and accessible to all.

Seth Moulton

InsuranceWhyPropertyFloodCommon

There's a lingering notion that elites continue to lead, and the masses will follow. This historic model of influence was predicated on the belief that elites have access to superior information and their interests are interconnected with those of the broader public.

Richard Edelman

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It would seem that the ant works its way tentatively, and, observing where it fails, tries another place and succeeds.

Richard Jefferies

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