"Our points of reference in America aren't steeped in literature; they're steeped in that five minutes between commercials."

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Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

Clarke Peters

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“I don't have to alter the way I look - I can still wear a short, tight dress, but if what I'm saying is correct, then hopefully you garner respect.”

Source : Source: www.sheknows.com
“How happy is he born and taught; that serves not another's will, whose armor is his honest thought and truth, his utmost skill.”
“Nature doesn't see things through the prism of good or bad. It rewards efficiency. That is the simplicity of evolution, matching design to environment.”
“Jeff Bridges is one of my favorite actors in the history of ever.”

Source : "EXCLUSIVE: Ben Barnes Talks Killing Bono". Interview with Brian Gallagher, movieweb.com. November 1, 2011.
“By consequence I hold that no one ever did, or can do, anything for "society."... Comte invented the term altruism as an antonym for egoism , and it found its way at once into everyone's mouth, although it is utterly devoid of meaning, since it points to nothing that ever existed in mankind; This hybrid or rather this degenerate form of hedonism served powerfully to invest collectivism 's principles with a specious moral sanction, and collectivists naturally made the most of it.”
“I used to be a dancer, and for me it was a really good combination of dance and acting.”
“For several centuries what has passed for song in literary circles was any text that looked like the lyrics for a commonplace melodic setting.”
“TV, it's a director's medium, and they wanna make it look interesting. To be rehearsing mostly for the sake of where you're standing so they can do the lighting, that's what I don't like.”

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