Erik King Quotes

Don't say you want to be an actor and not know how to read a script. Don't give up 15 minutes before the miracle comes. Everyone's career ebbs and flows, especially if you're African American. That's the time to dig in and keep your instrument sharp.

Erik King

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Fate has many faces.

Rodrigo Duterte

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I had to get good grades and do well in school - my mother was an assistant principal and my father was a teacher - and they took this very seriously.

Roz Chast

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Ultimately, the joy of sports is social and psychological, both in the ballpark and around a television on Super Bowl Sunday.

Mary Pilon

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The stupidity of militarized fences between two worlds is a metaphor for all the things that divide us as human beings.

Luis Alberto Urrea

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I'd like to get out of here without having to talk to the producer.

Judith Rossner

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In schools with a history of chaos, the teacher who can keep the classroom calm becomes virtually indispensable.

Jonathan Kozol

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Oh, my God! My wife and I, boy, we got down that night. On a personal note!

Derek Luke

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The first time you hold your baby in your arms, I mean, a sense of strength and love washes over you. It washed over me and I never thought that possible.

Colin Farrell

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It's very easy to get excited about a job, but it's a big commitment because you do it and then you have to live with it when it's finished. It's forever in your section in the video store. It's you. It's almost like deciding who you have a child with.

Bridget Fonda

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My live performance, it just comes from feeling an energy and emotion from the crowd.

Wiz Khalifa

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Any fiction writer who assumes that a character is typical no doubt runs the risk of stumbling into cliche and stereotype.

Alice McDermott

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God-fearing people, once they're saved from their sins, they don't mind talking about it.

Phil Robertson

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