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I've been lucky to work with people that I like most of the time. If I don't like them, I'll play head games with them to get their minds spinning

Been Games Get Head
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I don't read books much

Books Much Read
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There is a lot of pressure put on me, but I don't put a lot of pressure on myself. I feel if I play my game, it will take care of itself.

Care Feel Game IFeel
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What keeps me going is that this I all there is. I am a comedian, and this is what I do. It's like telling a fish to stop swimming. It'll die.

Am Comedian Die Fish
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I've been entertaining men with my comedy for many, many years, and I don't plan on stopping.
Been Comedy Entertaining Many
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There's nothing romantic about my work... I don't believe in inspiration. I believe that you get to your desk, you stay there, you work, you think of nothing else. You write and you write, and in the end, you write something good.

About Believe Desk Else
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If you're nervous you think: 'I don't want to make mistakes or give the ball away.' But you limit your own qualities then.

Away Ball Give Limit
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I don't think that the writer is regarded as a freak by Americans.

American Freak Regarded Think
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Fashion is kinda a joke. I don't get too bogged down in the clothes. For me, it's one big art project, just a canvas to show that fashion should have a brand which has someone behind it who cares about different contexts. Social things.

About Art Behind Big
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I do fashion to tell a narrative.

Fashion Narrative Tell Story
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All I do all day is think of ideas and implement them. That's an industry, you know. I'm trying to make art on a commercial scale.

All Day Art Commercial Day
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I don't have to choose between high fashion or streetwear. My brand reminds me that it doesn't have to fit in a box. It can just be in a gray area.

Area Between Box Brand
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I don't come up with ideas in a test tube; I come up with ideas by breaking test tubes. That's how I've always been.

Always Been Breaking Come
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I don't sleep as much as normal people do.
Much Normal Normal People People
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My motivation is, in part, a bit of angst that comes from feeling like I don't belong, that our generation doesn't belong.

Angst Belong Bit Feeling
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I don't know where my parents got my name. I'm sure they saw it in a movie, maybe.

Got Know Maybe Movie
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I've been online doing all kinds of research and that seems to be the constant criticism, that Aibileen's accent was just too thick. And for me, I don't want anything to distract from the character.

Accent Anything Been Character
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I do believe that there are African Americans who have thick accents. My mom has a thick accent; my relatives have thick accents. But sometimes you have to adjust when you go into the world of film, TV, theatre, in order to make it accessible to people.

Accent Accents Accessible Adjust
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I think that's something that people feel that I do really well; I don't mind it, because ultimately I think the characters I play move people, and who wouldn't want to move people?

Because Characters Feel I Think
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I don’t take orders from Abuja but Rivers people.

Orders Abuja People Rivers
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Election rigging, subverting the will of the people is one of the worst crimes. I don’t regret warning election riggers from rigging elections in Rivers state.

Election Subverting Worst crime Rivers state
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If I have to be at work at five A.M., I will get up at three and work out. I run. I do weights. I'm very toned. I'm like every other woman. I'd love to be 10 pounds or 20 pounds lighter. If I'm not, I'm OK with that, too. I'm good as long as I'm healthy.

Every Five Get Good
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I've always felt like I was an actor for hire. And almost apologetic for being a woman of color, trying to stifle that voice. But I don't feel that way in Shondaland. I feel like I am accepted into a world where I'm a part of the narrative - I'm a part of it.

Accepted Actor Almost Always
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If it were just a dream to be famous, then I probably would have died a really quick death, because there is nothing about me that equals fame. I'm not a standup comedian. I don't sing.

About Because Comedian Death
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I don't care if someone is new to acting or experienced in acting: you always learn something from them. It's just like people in life - whether they're young or middle-aged or old, you always learn something from someone.

Acting Always Care Don't Care
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I do try to speak of positive things. I still try to, like, present two sides of the story, and I do try to relate to life in a 360 degree and not be one-dimensional. But by all means, manage expectations.

Degree Expectations Life Like
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I laugh and joke, but I don't get distracted very easily.

Distracted Easily Get Joke
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I do have motivation. A lot of motivation.

Lot Motivation
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I don't want to be called a point guard, but I can't stop it.

Guard Point PointGuard Stop
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I don't know how tall I am or how much I weigh. Because I don't want anybody to know my identity. I'm like a superhero. Call me Basketball Man.

Am Anybody Basketball Because
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I don't have one geographic location that I'm exclusively loyal to.

I Don't Have One
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My game is really played above time. I don't say that like I'm saying I'm ahead of my time. I'm saying, like, if I'm on the court and I throw a pass, the ball that I've thrown will lead my teammate right where he needs to go, before he even knows that that's the right place to go to.

Above Ahead Ball Before
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I don't dislike babies, though I think very young ones rather disgusting.

Babies Disgusting Dislike I Think
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Classical music requires an immense amount of concentration, and I don't know if I would've been that committed to that particular life.

Amount Been Classical Classical Music
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During the 2008 election, I made clear to the Obama campaign that I don't think it's wise for me to force my personal political agenda on anyone.

Agenda Anyone Campaign Clear
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I don't have friends, and it's hard for me to make new friends. Right now, the people that are in my life are the people that I work with.

Friends Hard Life Make
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I do secret stand-up shows around New York. I announce and tweet this to nobody - I get onstage and I do a quick five minutes.

Announce Around Five Get
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My position is that serious and good art has always existed to help, to serve, humanity. Not to indict. I don't see how art can be called art if its purpose is to frustrate humanity.

Purpose Art Serve Indict
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I was not considered beautiful at all. Really. And this is what all models say. But I'm still not considered that beautiful in my country. I don't know the beauty ideal where I come from - but it's not me.

Beautiful Beauty Come Considered
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There is another old poet whose name I do not now remember who said, 'Truth is the daughter of Time.'
Old Poet Truth Daughter
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I have talked with great men, and I do not see how they differ from others.

Talked Great Men Differ
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I don't know why people are so keen to put the details of their private life in public; they forget that invisibility is a superpower.

People Detail Private Life
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As regards parents, I should like to see them as highly educated as possible, and I do not restrict this remark to fathers alone.

Alone Educated Fathers Highly
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I don't want to be thought of as a survivor because you have to continue getting involved in difficult situations to show off that particular gift, and I'm not interested in doing that anymore.

Anymore Because Continue Difficult
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I don't think Christmas is necessarily about things. It's about being good to one another, it's about the Christian ethic, it's about kindness.

About Another Being Christian
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Egos are an occupational hazard in acting, but I don't have much of one, and my husband doesn't have much of one, so it's good.

Acting Egos Good Hazard
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Everything that I decide to do means something, otherwise I don't do them.

Everything Decide Do Means
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I don't know if the camera likes me, but I do like the camera.
Caners Likes Me I
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I love to sing and perform. It is what I do and love. It completes my life.

Love Sing Perform I
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Before you start some work, always ask yourself three questions - Why am I doing it, What the results might be and Will I be successful. Only when you think deeply and find satisfactory answers to these questions, go ahead.

Work Always Ask Questions
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