David Alan Grier Quotes

I wanted to be a leading man - the black lawyer, the black doctor, the black policeman.

David Alan Grier

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ManDoctorLawyerBlackPoliceman

If you try to hold on to something you don't have anymore, you can't be happy in the moment.

Jennifer Grey

MomentHappyBe HappyYouTryHold

I didn't get to play many video games when I was growing up.

Ana de Armas

Growing UpVideo GamesPlayGrowing

Most actions derive not from your own initiative but from your family circumstances, your education, your calling, and so on. You must therefore give up a little time to performing actions which derive from yourself alone. They need not be important; quite insignificant actions fulfill the same purpose.

Rudolf Steiner

FamilyEducationAloneTimeYourself

When I was in the U.S. for 'Swimming Pool,' people had asked me, 'So are you going to settle down in Hollywood?' And I said, 'No, I'm French! I am living in France. I am not going to be American.'

Ludivine Sagnier

I AmPeopleMeSwimmingAmerican

I've never had to pretend to be having sex with somebody. I'm like the queen of the foreplay dissolve.

Julia Roberts

QueenSexNeverPretendLikeHaving

Two messengers covered with dust come to bid me fly, but I wait for him.

Dolley Madison

MeWaitFlyHimTwoDust

You will soon find that I am a bit obsessive about my work. And that is a little sad, one often feels strangely restricted, not finding time to simmer, although one actually has many interests.

Arne Jacobsen

WorkSadTimeI AmFindingYou

There's no doubt about it, earmarks are not very popular. There are good earmarks and bad earmarks. The good earmarks are the ones I get for my district.

Anthony Weiner

GoodDoubtBadGetNo DoubtVery

What is terrifying is the ability, through mass brainwashing or propaganda, to change normal human instinct, which does not necessarily contain very much hatred.

Antony Beevor

ChangeHatredHumanAbilityNormal

I regret and suffer those losses, but it's God's will. He will pardon me if I committed excesses, but I don't think I did.

Augusto Pinochet

GodMeRegretThinkWillSuffer

I love being on 'Modern Family.' One of my favorite things is looking forward to going to work every day.

Rico Rodriguez

WorkFamilyLoveDayLooking Forward

My father offered me a dollar for every pound I would lose as a kid. It didn't work. And it doesn't really work in the long run. Who are you competing against? It's you. You need to be doing this for you and only you.

Richard Simmons

WorkFatherMeDoingYouLose

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