Kenya Barris Quotes

Black, white, rich, poor - we galvanize through the hard times. We really see it happen in relationships. In the best and worst of those moments, you come together, and you look for your tribe.

Kenya Barris

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BestTogetherBlackRichMoments

When a character has so many secrets and so much inner life, it's a joy to play those characters because you can use your craft.

Viola Davis

LifeCharacterJoyYouSecretsPlay

I think we stick with what we know.

Joe Alwyn

ThinkKnowStickI Think

If you think black people have a motivation problem, open up a Wal-Mart and advertise a thousand jobs. Watch 5,000 people show up.

Jesse Jackson

PeopleBlackThinkMotivationYou

I'm very humbled by the fact that I do have so much to say, and I just hope that my walk, my honesty, will make a difference for people and maybe motivate them.

Jenifer Lewis

HonestyHopeWalkPeopleSayWill

With episodic, kind of one-hour directing, they always have guest directors come in, so they don't have the same person week after week. You get a break.

Melanie Mayron

WeekYouPersonKindAlwaysBreak

No sane person enjoys paying tax... money, after all, is a very nice thing to have. But it's the price we all pay for so many vital things in this country - and those of us lucky enough to have a bit more should be proud to be paying a little bit more as well.

Robert Rinder

MoneyProudEnoughPersonTaxNice

I tell you in truth: all men are Prophets or else God does not exist.

Jean-Paul Sartre

GodTruthMenYouTellExist

I'm a Red American; I believe in tax cuts. But I'm a Red American with a lot of Blue stripes.

Jeanine Pirro

RedBlueBelieveAmericanTaxCuts

We all live on the same planet, it is our only home, so... we used to rotate crops back in the day and, you know, who cares if you're going to make a profit if everybody's too dead or glowing in the dark to be able to purchase anything.

Michael Berryman

HomeLiveDayYouBackDark

Some people don't like the 'comeback' because that suggests they went somewhere, which they didn't. That isn't what I mean. In my mind, people were doing well, and then they went right down, and they made a comeback. It's not that they went anywhere. It's that their fortunes went way down, and then they came back.

John Ralston Saul

PeopleMindComebackDoingDownWay

What was frustrating about Armageddon was the time I spent not doing anything. It was a big special effects film, and I wasn't crazy about pretending I was in outer space. It feels ridiculous.

Steve Buscemi

TimeSpaceCrazyDoingRidiculous

Achievements in successful export industries, which need highly skilled people, can create an area as flourishing as South Korea and Singapore.

Stef Wertheimer

PeopleCreateNeedSuccessfulExport

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