"When you graduate is when you start to find yourself looking at the information in the audition breakdown and it says tall black African - or African-American built such and such. And you start seeing these character descriptions and seeing that, oh, you're only going in for the ones that are described as your look."

-- Mahershala Ali

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“Why would anyone believe it is possible to lay down such barrage of poisons on the surface of the earth without making it unfit for all life? They should not be called insecticides, but biocides.”
“I don't believe there is a separation of church and state. I think the Constitution is very clear. The only separation is that there will not be a government church.”

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“That's part of the policy: To keep switching gears.”
“As a society, we need to get lots more flexible about what constitutes beauty. It isn't a particular hair color or a particular body type; it's the woman who grew the hair and lives in the body. Keeping this in mind can only make things better.”
“If Botticelli were alive today he'd be working for Vogue.”
“Relinquishing apparent national sovereignty does not have to entail a loss of national sovereignty, but can actually be a benefit.”
“It is idle to waste time and discuss whether it was within our power and duty to see whether we could prepare a Bill better than the Remedial Bill.”
“It is, therefore, essential that we guard our own thinking and not be among those who cry out against prejudices applicable to themselves, while busy spawning intolerances for others.”

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