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Mara Brock Akil Quotes

I was nurtured by Ralph Farquhar and then, later, by Sara Finney-Johnson and Vida Spears, two black women. So, I actually was nurtured by my culture, in a safe environment that allowed me to build my confidence. And Debbie Allen was one of my mentors, along with Stan Lathan.

Mara Brock Akil

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: american
Birth: May 27, 1970

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Confidence Women Culture Me Black

If, in our first match for the world champion's title, I had managed to make the score 6-0, there would have been no Kasparov as a good chess player at all.

Good World Champion Chess First

I grew up a chubby girl. I had two brothers. My parents loved us, they just fed us whatever we wanted.

Girl Parents Loved Two Whatever Up

The standard model of particle physics says that the universe consists of a very small number of particles, 12, and a very small number of forces, four. If we're correct about those 12 particles and those four forces and understand how they interact, properly, we have the recipe for baking up a universe.

Robert J. Sawyer

Small Universe Baking Physics Up

Healthcare providers have helped me see that decent, safe housing can promote physical and mental wellness; and engaged citizens have shown me the civic potential of stable, vibrant blocks where neighbours know one another by name.

Matthew Desmond

Me Potential Name Healthcare Know

I'm a liberal inside a liberal's body.

Body Inside Liberal

Very early, I thought I would go into music, but I was aware that it would bring a set of obstacles I didn't find particularly attractive. Also, I'm not a great performer! For a while, I thought I would do something in landscape gardening. But it was always fashion for me.

Stella McCartney

Music Great Gardening Me Fashion

When I lost the use of my hi-hat and bass drum legs, I became basically a singer. I was a drummer who did a bit of singing, and then I became a singer who did a bit of percussion.

Singing Lost Drummer Legs Singer

There's so many great matches that you can think of. I could fantasy book all kinds of stuff, you know, fight a few family members. If we could have Umaga back, I would love to wrestle him in any arena in any town just because of how good he was.

Family Love Good Great Fight Book

I was a basketball player. And my mother even wanted me to quit because I hurt my leg. But I didn't know anything about football - from Pee-Wee on up, my friends would play, and I would never go with them.

Jason Pierre-Paul

Mother Football Me Basketball Hurt

It's true to say that I'm a budding young actor. But I'd rather get my name out there because of my acting rather than who I'm being photographed with.

Name Acting Young Say True Actor

I really learned to sing in church, I think, really with emotion.

Think Church Emotion Sing I Think

There is no question that President Barack Obama should be commended for the successful removal of Assad's ghastly chemical weapons stockpile. But it hasn't been enough.

Enough President Question Successful

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