Kirk Acevedo Quotes

I am much more wired to be an athlete than anything else. I understand the 'hard work = payoff' equation in sports. I run marathons and I box. And that's my Puerto Rican flag hanging in Freddie Roach's Wild Card Boxing gym. I gave it to him. My last N.Y.C. marathon time I ran in three hours flat.

Kirk Acevedo

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 27, 1971

Topics

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It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

Jesus Christ

DoctorSickHealthyNeedRepentance

I have a storage unit, as I moved out of a bigger house into a smaller house in L.A. I put all my stuff in a storage unit, where I have the most amazing collection of bad paintings, which took me 10 years to put together.

Jennifer Coolidge

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I love movies. Movies have influenced me as a writer.

Michael Connelly

LoveMeMoviesWriterInfluenced

My formative years would be in South Central Los Angeles. It was a really volatile environment, but, I always say, when you're living in the hood, you don't live this life where you're crying every day, downtrodden every day.

John Singleton

LifeLiveDayHoodYouEvery Day

I spend the majority of my life not acting.

Tom Sturridge

LifeMy LifeActingMajoritySpend

In summary, the Romans were opposed to tyranny in any form; and the feature of government to which they gave the most thought was an elaborate system of checks and balances.

Robert W. Welch, Jr.

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When I was a child, my parents took my brothers and me to Port-au-Prince during the summer so we could get to know the country of our ancestors. Because Haiti is an island, the beach is everywhere. Haitians are particular, even snobby, about beaches.

Roxane Gay

BeachChildParentsMeCountryKnow

I look at an ant and I see myself: a native South African, endowed by nature with a strength much greater than my size so I might cope with the weight of a racism that crushes my spirit.

Miriam Makeba

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You paint something, and it's yours. It's your heart up on the wall.

Jason Momoa

HeartYouWallUpPaintSomething

Film isn't a meritocracy; there's no system ensuring the best screenplays get produced. It's a hustle.

Jon Ronson

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There's always opposition when you do something big. I do many things that are controversial. When people see it, they love it!

Donald Trump

LovePeopleYouAlwaysSeeBig

I was never religious.

Chaz Bono

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