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I've certainly experienced racism, but it has not made a great impact on me. I have always thought, as I got older and older, I was more in charge of who I was. What someone thought about me or said about me made less of an impression on me at very vulnerable times. ↗

— Robert Guillaume

#always #certainly #charge #experienced #got

The artist deals in what cannot be said in words. The artist whose medium is fiction does this in words. The novelist says in words what cannot be said in words. ↗

— Ursula K. Le Guin

#cannot #deals #does #fiction #medium

Chris Cooper once told me to never have any regrets. After Chris said that to me, I walk into every scene thinking, 'exhaust every possibility.' Once you get to a certain place, it's like you just deliver everything you've got. Don't have any regrets. It pops up in my mind over and over and over again. ↗

— Jake Gyllenhaal

#again #any #certain #chris #cooper

One way to evaluate your own reputation is to think about what would be said of you at your eulogy. ↗

— Brian Koslow

#eulogy #evaluate #own #reputation #said

When I came out rapping on my record, a lot of people said, Oh, you just want to be like Puff. ↗

— Jermaine Dupri

#i #i came #just #like #lot

I mean, before this, I would have said playing Bill Gates, because I'm playing someone obviously who is alive and is the richest man in the world. That was a heavy responsibility. ↗

— Anthony Michael Hall

#because #before #bill #bill gates #gates

I was court-martial in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence. ↗

— Thomas Hardy

#could #death #i #me #said

I understand them. I understand where they came from, what their lifestyle was there. But my parents didn't push us to be like them. They said do whatever you think right, but remember the important things in life. ↗

— Ofra Haza

#i #important #important things #life #lifestyle

A friend of mine took me to Memphis advised me that I should get in the musicians' union. He gave me a set of drums and said, Stay on the job, son. ↗

— Levon Helm

#drums #friend #gave #get #i

I always told my mother I wanted a job where I could have a lot of fun and have a lot of time off. She asked me where I was going to find that, and I said, 'I don't know, but it's out there.' ↗

— Sherman Hemsley

#asked #could #find #fun #going