"I had never picked up a basketball before. I went through a grueling audition process. It was almost as if I was learning to walk. It would be like teaching somebody to dance ballet for a role."

-- Sanaa Lathan

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“When you ask a person to jump, his attention is mostly directed toward the act of jumping and the mask falls so that the real person appears.”
“We are meant to taste of life ... and drink the cup of it to the dregs, bitter and sweet alike.”

Source : Jacqueline Carey (2002). “Kushiel's Dart”, p.315, Macmillan
“To me, it's my job not to laugh, no matter what's said. By the time we shoot, I'm ready for all that's coming. I probably do most of my breaking in rehearsals, when I know that I can.”
“I'm playing a very strong character, it's the story of the woman Polish Jews out of the Warsaw ghetto. I've just begun my weapons training and the SAS type training that's getting me fit.”
“A personâ€™s first duty, a young personâ€™s at any rate, is to be ambitious, and the noblest ambition is that of leaving behind something of permanent value.”
“Students who are interested in learning about the environment should not be dissuaded from doing so, but only if they have proved their proficiency in other basic courses, such as U.S. history. Until then, we need to focus on producing well-educated citizens steeped in their country's history and mindful of their civic responsibilities.”
“Currently, only 70 percent of our high school students earn diplomas with their peers, and less than one-third of our high school students graduate prepared for success in a four-year college.”
“the higher the flame shoots the quicker it blacks out.”

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