Jurnee Smollett-Bell Quotes

The slave narratives, there is a wealth of research there, because you are hearing stories from the first person account, and that's a whole different thing than reading about it in the history books. You're able to really personalize it.

Jurnee Smollett-Bell

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Looking back now, I can see that my dad was a real fighter. A lot of people thought, 'Why don't you keep the Jewish stuff quiet?' They were anti-Semitic Jews. People who were afraid. People who came here and made it and anglicized themselves and didn't want to associate with their past.

Joel Grey

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I was pretty ambitious as a child to want to be a star with the talent I had, but I want to finish what I started and bring the fans along with me.

John Otway

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The things that I've enjoyed most are not really science fiction. They are not much fun to make because there are so many toys involved. They are fun for directors who like toys, like Ridley Scott, but they are not a lot of fun to make. A lot of hanging around, changing this and that.

John Hurt

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In my own private-sector work, I have become intrigued with RIWI, a Canadian based company that surveys random respondents on the Web to measure attitudes in otherwise hard-to-reach places.

Michael Hayden

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Networking is rubbish; have friends instead.

Steve Winwood

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I was bought an electric guitar when I was 12, but my guitar teacher beat me up. I didn't like guitar lessons and I got quite bored. My teacher was obviously bored giving me lessons, and one day I offered him a liquorice toffee, but he didn't answer. So I threw it at him, it hit him in the face, and he sort of beat me up.

Simon Cowell

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The function of journalism is, primarily, to uncover vital new information in the public interest and to put that information in a context so that we can use it to improve the human condition.

Joshua Oppenheimer

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Beauty opened all the doors; it got me things I didn't even know I wanted, and things I certainly didn't deserve.

Janice Dickinson

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First year in the league, it's going to be difficult.

Anthony Bennett

YearDifficultFirstGoingLeague

Love never offers to anyone wings so easy that he does not hold him back with his other hand.

Sextus Propertius

LoveWingsEasyBackHandNever

You can come after me all day long. I don't care.

Scott Borchetta

DayMeCareLongYouCome

But I hang on to books. I love them. I even think they're very nice decor in a room - far better than paintings... That's not quite true!

Norman MacCaig

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