Salim Akil Quotes

I never saw a true representation - an iconic hero - for myself. It just got boring, reading about all these really powerful and heroic white guys.

Salim Akil

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I write diverse books because the world we live in is diverse, and I want my books to reflect that truth.

Jenny Han

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When I started getting so many haters and closed doors, I decided to prove that it could be done. I was a divorced single mother of three at the time and a size 12 - not your typical model artist that labels feel work for the music industry.

Jenni Rivera

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Put the hero back in the super hero movies, because I think 'super' might have taken over.

Max Landis

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Kids are truthful by nature.

Anna Chlumsky

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I've turned my guest house into this little studio, and we have actors come over and do readings.

Jeff Goldblum

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Thinking isn't agreeing or disagreeing. That's voting.

Robert Frost

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The challenge coaches face is replacing players they were counting on to be major pieces of a puzzle. In a lot of cases, there is just no way to make the necessary adjustments.

Ron Jaworski

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I've got a role in the new Billy Bob Thornton movie that Billy Bob wrote and is going to direct called 'Jayne Mansfield's Car.' I only have four scenes, but I have as much dialogue as anybody in the movie.

Ron White

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I think there is a big difference between expressing the pain and anger that many African Americans and other people of color may feel versus language that I think now crosses the line and goes into hate.

Michael Nutter

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I did my 'Hulk,' but it was not easy. If I do another Hulk film it will always be compared to the Ang Lee thing, and my first one... if I come back, I'd love to do another superhero, something different that I can really put my touch on.

Louis Leterrier

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Those who have contributed great positive innovations to our society, from the pioneers of genetic understanding to the pioneers of the Information Age, have received a pittance compared with those responsible for the financial innovations that brought our global economy to the brink of ruin.

Joseph Stiglitz

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Before machines the only form of entertainment people really had was relationships.

Douglas Coupland

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