Adrian Lester People are having to come to terms with the question: how important is it, really, that Obama is black? Yes, skin colour is a factor, but it’s about so more than that. – Adrian Lester Black Quotes Colour Quotes Factor Quotes Obama Quotes People Quotes Question Quotes Skin Quotes Terms Quotes As an actor, having to portray a real-life person of extreme talent is fine as long as you’re not playing the part on stage and forced to demonstrate that talent to a live audience. If you’re in a play portraying an incredible dancer? All well and good, just… don’t dance. I know some actors don’t want to see faces out there; they prefer to perform to a black wall. But I like knowing I’m talking to people.
Isabel Allende My mother didn’t want me to be a feminist, a radical, political person, because she was scared. She wanted me to be protected and safe, but my life never was. – Isabel Allende
Sun Myung Moon The present U.N. must be annihilated by our power. That is the stage for Communists. We must make a new U.N. – Sun Myung Moon
Joni Mitchell Edith Piaf knocked my socks off when I was 8, but I didn’t know what she was singing about. – Joni Mitchell
Edie Brickell We were too young to know better, and none of us were very aggressive people. It would have helped a lot if just one of us had been aggressive enough to say no. – Edie Brickell
David Zucker Sometimes, if you really want to try something original, you step a little too far out of bounds. I mean, there’s a market force that kind of unconsciously keeps you in line a little bit. – David Zucker
Josie Loren I think everyone has dreams, and it’s just how you go about pursuing that. And I think anybody can do anything that they set their mind to. So if you set your mind to do something, and you exhaust every opportunity, I think you’re going to get there. – Josie Loren
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