Laurieann Gibson Quotes

I am trained, and I did do 'The Nutcracker' in its right form, but at the time, they told me I was black and I'd never be in 'Swan Lake.' I went through all those prejudices in the ballet community, and I still emerged wonderfully trained and found my way to Alvin Ailey where there were familiar faces.

Laurieann Gibson

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Ultimately, Congressional medicine is like veterinary medicine: It must be strong enough to work, and tasty enough to swallow.

Jim Cooper

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In New York in the Forties or Fifties, everybody's in a suit, an overcoat and a hat.

John Malkovich

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I have no idea why, but I find that men make more of an impact on me in films than women - even very beautiful ones.

John Rocha

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Science gives us a powerful vocabulary, and it is impossible to produce a vocabulary with which one can only say nice things.

John Polanyi

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For me, I look at a pilot and go, 'I see the landscape. I see the characters. I see the direction and the potential of the story.' And I also go, 'That didn't work. I could change that. Maybe that works. I don't know. We'll see.' For me, I look at it, as an actor, as what can I improve upon?

Matt Bomer

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I think what we're learning with the Trump Jr. meeting is when you meet with any Russians, you're meeting with Russian intelligence. And, therefore, President Putin.

Mike Quigley

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'Black Skinhead' almost got deaded because it was too much like a soccer song.

Mike Dean

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Research has shown that the best way to be happy is to make each day happy.

Deepak Chopra

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The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.

Bob Marley

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The reserve of modern assertions is sometimes pushed to extremes, in which the fear of being contradicted leads the writer to strip himself of almost all sense and meaning.

Winston Churchill

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I tried writing out a plot with the second or third novel I wrote, and it was so boring, so desperately boring.

Philip Pullman

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Being convinced one knows the whole story is the surest way to fail.

Phil Crosby

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