Kerby Jean-Raymond Quotes

I grew up in East Flatbush, Brooklyn. At the time I was growing up with my father - before it was gentrified - it was a very rough neighborhood. He felt that if I got into or started embracing the rap culture, I would be one step closer to being on the streets.

Kerby Jean-Raymond

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It's not how many hours you put in with a client or on a project. It's the quantity and quality of your energy - your focus and force - that determine whether that time is valuable.

Jim Loehr

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The question is not, 'Can they reason?' nor, 'Can they talk?' but rather, 'Can they suffer?'

Jeremy Bentham

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Trump has given white supremacists everywhere permission to come out of the shadows.

Ron Stallworth

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People say the most stupid things on the spur of the moment that they then have to retract.

Michael Palin

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There's a lot of influences that I have from Detroit that are subliminal. I mean, I spent the first 10 years of my life there. My mom and dad were born and raised there, so a lot of that rubbed off on me. When I get angry, sometimes a Detroit accent comes out.

Lizzo

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In 'Mother's Day,' which is directed by legendary director Garry Marshall, I play a mother figure to the character played by Jason Sudeikis from 'Saturday Night Live.' He's a widower, and I'm a mother who's helping him to get over the loss of his wife.

Loni Love

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I gained weight, and that started a 32-year struggle with weight and exercise and body image problems.

Lisa Lampanelli

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I don't personally feel a responsibility to be a role model, but as the actor, I do.

Chris Colfer

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I don't have a high-powered life out of work. I like to go to the country for the weekend with the kids and the dog and play tennis. I am very good at turning off.

Anna Wintour

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The people with money to build today are corporations - they are our popes and Medicis. The sense of pride is why they build.

Philip Johnson

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Justice will not come to Athens until those who are not injured are as indignant as those who are injured.

Thucydides

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You have to understand that during the course of our show, we were a family for five hours a day, five days a week, maybe four days a week. And we experienced the same things that we experienced in our own family.

Tom Bosley

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