Fantasia Barrino Quotes

When I realized I was having trouble reading, I was too embarrassed to ask for help. Some teachers believed in me, but I just wasn't focused on school - I was into the music and trying to please my dad.

Fantasia Barrino

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MusicSchoolMeReadingHelpTrying

I felt so contained at home. I always really felt like I couldn't be myself at home, so I was always quiet. I remember I used to sit in my room and listen to Bone Thugs and close the door.

Jermaine Fowler

HomeMyselfDoorRememberQuietSit

I'd never really imagined myself as an action star.

Joel Edgerton

MyselfActionNeverStarReally

I think that, oftentimes, what people say is, 'We need an actress who'll be able to greenlight a movie,' and my counterargument to that is always that, when it comes to a teen movie, you have very few people who can greenlight a movie.

Jenny Han

TeenPeopleThinkYouSayNeed

Disability is as visual as race. If a wheelchair user can't play Beyonce, then Beyonce can't play a wheelchair user.

Maysoon Zayid

PlayDisabilityRaceVisualThen

I think I've done more recording in the past 10 years than most people, but it's all been directed toward film composing and soundtracks. Just the same, it's been great.

Stanley Clarke

GreatPastPeopleThinkDoneMore

Education is everything. It's for everyone. We all need to be educated.

Jose Andres

EducationNeedEveryoneEverything

'Keeping Up with the Kardashians' is interesting, intriguing.

Chloe Kim

InterestingUpIntriguingKeeping

The idea that putting Americans 'first' requires a withdrawal from the world is simply wrongheaded because a retreat would achieve exactly the opposite for our citizens.

Colin Powell

WorldAchieveFirstRetreatOpposite

Brave plays the long game on behalf of users first, and also publishers, to win a better Web with fast, safe browsing, anonymous micropayments, and user control over data.

Brendan Eich

BraveControlWinGameBetterData

Facts, like people, want to be free - and when they're free, liberty is usually around the corner.

Bono

PeopleFreeFactsLibertyWantLike

The West sometimes doesn't understand Bollywood, but they can definitely understand how Bollywood influences people.

Anurag Kashyap

PeopleSometimesUnderstandWestHow

My first break was becoming a staff writer on the rebooted '90210.' And then I got stuck writing in the teen genre for a while.

Allison Schroeder

TeenWritingFirstBreakBecoming

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