Marianne Jean-Baptiste Quotes

There needs to be more film directors of colour. They bandy about the word 'diversity' a lot, but when I say 'of colour,' I mean Asian, black - I mean people of all colour. We need to have those voices given the opportunity, not told that their films will not be distributed or will not sell well abroad.

Marianne Jean-Baptiste

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actress
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: April 26, 1967

Topics

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I was grateful for the opportunity to make a difference. The political violence really started in 1970-1971. The political difficulties start a little bit beyond that.

John Hume

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There is only one justification for universities, as distinguished from trade schools. They must be centers of criticism.

Robert M. Hutchins

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People who get involved with the success of something have to be given at least some share of that success.

Michael Ironside

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Why should American atrocities be merely unsettling, but a trip to Hanoi unconscionable?

Tom Hayden

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Give luck a chance to happen.

Tom Kite

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Guardians are necessary for children and abnormal adults, because they cannot make responsible choices for themselves.

Tom G. Palmer

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The lesson that people can't give me what they don't have, and if there's anything I took from it, it was: okay, I don't really expect anyone to hand me anything. There's going to be me and the world.

Liz Murray

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Our congressional district is the fastest growing in the state. Nowhere is there a greater need for new and improved roads and transit systems that will spare us the hours we spend each day in traffic.

Judy Biggert

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In our case, one of my earliest experiences working in the company was being asked to be on Ted Turner's board, and I saw that the value creation from owning networks was stunning - new channels, international opportunities, synergy, many things that Turner Broadcasting built for decades.

Brian L. Roberts

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Time travel is a wonderful thing, isn't it?

Bradley Walsh

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I know now that I want to do more voice-over projects. They really have the ability to transport you into the world of whatever movie it is you are working on.

Bridgit Mendler

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I think that inside every adult is the heart of a child. We just gradually convince ourselves that we have to act more like adults.

Shigeru Miyamoto

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