Marianne Jean-Baptiste Quotes

If you think about it, I made history. Not only was I the first black British woman to be nominated for an Oscar, I was the first black British person.

Marianne Jean-Baptiste

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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We saw Jesse Jackson the victim of a smear campaign. People remember the Dean scream that was used against Howard Dean as a peace candidate who was doing well. So, in many ways, the Democratic Party creates campaigns that fake Left while it moves Right and becomes more corporatist, more militarist, more imperialist.

Jill Stein

PeacePeopleFakeDoingRemember

I think anything sounds good with a Southern accent.

Jessica Simpson

GoodThinkAnythingSouthernAccent

The way that Lucasfilm used ILM was George never restricted his thinking to things that he knew could be executed with the tools at the time. He would write what he thought would be cool and what he wanted from a storytelling standpoint with the assumption that, 'Well, they'll figure it out!'

John Knoll

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Until we have a better relationship between private performance and the public truth, as was demonstrated with Watergate, we as the public are absolutely right to remain suspicious, contemptuous even, of the secrecy and the misinformation which is the digest of our news.

John le Carre

RelationshipTruthPerformanceBetter

Everything is cross-platform now. That's part of the reality that we live in - a multifaceted, multimedia world - and I'm delighted to be a part of that.

Robert J. Sawyer

LiveWorldRealityNowEverything

Who are you writing this for? For a commercial reason, or because you want to make great art and give it to your fans?

Andy Grammer

GreatArtWritingYouWantReason

Christianity in the Middle East is shattered. The ancient faith tradition lies beaten, broken, and dying.

Jeff Fortenberry

FaithBrokenTraditionDyingMiddle

I don't dye my hair and I can go without makeup.

Amanda Seyfried

HairMakeupI CanGoWithoutDye

We try to separate the world into the stuff we can control and the stuff we can't.

Tom Steyer

ControlWorldTryStuffSeparate

You never know when contemporary art is going to insinuate itself into a normally art-free zone.

Roberta Smith

ArtYouKnowNeverGoingZone

I love playing different characters and I love doing fun things and I love to entertain people, whether that be in a comedy or a drama. If I get you to laugh or I get you to cry I'm super stoked, as morbid as that might sound.

Mila Kunis

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The average rap life is two or three albums. You're lucky to get to your second album in rap!

Jay-Z

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