James Meredith Quotes

'Blacks were too scared to do anything, but they came out to greet James Meredith': That would have been the story in the evening news if I hadn't gotten myself shot. I got shot, and that allowed the movement protest thing to take over then and do their thing.

James Meredith

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It's important to remember that life is a joke, and that outlook grants a lot of perspective, but I don't think comedy should change and become political due to other things. It should just laugh at that cosmic joke that life is all the time.

John Mulaney

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I want all of my films to be grounded in reality, and I think 'Midnight Special' is the most grounded film I've ever made, in spite of its genre.

Jeff Nichols

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She believed in nothing; only her skepticism kept her from being an atheist.

Jean-Paul Sartre

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Germany, I think, was first to substitute a Social Security program for its elderly based on this premise, that is, that we would tax workers to pay retirement benefits for those retired.

John Shadegg

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I knew that by getting behind the wheel of the car and having had something to drink, the responsibility laid on my shoulders.

Tracey Gold

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I am very fortunate, very grateful for everything that has happened to me, everything I've done, all the opportunities, so I'm very happy.

Rodrigo Santoro

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You can get elected to Congress without ever talking to black voters at all, and I think that's bad for the party.

Ron DeSantis

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Always do something different. Always different things.

Josh Lucas

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I watch a lot of drama because I do associate comedy with work.

Janet Varney

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I definitely felt the desire to, like - I definitely knew there was an elsewhere. I definitely knew that, like, if I were going to be free, I needed to be away from, kind of, like, Nashville and kind of get out of the South and get out of the country.

Dee Rees

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I have one rave 'New York Times' review framed next to a flop 'Los Angeles Times' review. And it's for the same show. These people watched the same show. That's what happens. They love it, they hate it.

Bruce Vilanch

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I've worked with actors who treat the first two takes like rehearsals. And that's okay. If the camera is on you and we're doing a scene where I'm off camera, I'm treating that as a rehearsal.

Alfred Molina

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