"I started acting at the University of Michigan in my sophomore year,"

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Source : "David Alan Grier's 'Sporting Life' On Broadway". "Fresh Air", www.npr.org. May 22, 2012.

David Alan Grier

#Years Quotes #Acting Quotes #Michigan Quotes

“If you die, I will bury you in the sandhills with all the other runners.”
“Indeed, the line between perceiving and hallucinating is not as crisp as we like to think. In a sense, when we look at the world, we are hallucinating all the time. One could almost regard perception as the act of choosing the one hallucination that best fits the incoming data.”
“We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. We must remember always that accusation is not proof and that conviction depends upon evidence and due process of law. We will not walk in fear, one of another. We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason, if we dig deep in our history and our doctrine, and remember that we are not descended from fearful men â€“ not from men who feared to write, to speak, to associate, and to defend causes that were, for the moment, unpopular”
“If you won't talk about yourself, at least compliment the audience. Just keep turning it back around, all right. Gush.”
“Why kick the man downstream who can't put the parts together because the parts really weren't designed properly?”
“A smart man only believes half of what he hears, a wise man knows which half.”
“We are not evil. We don't harm or seduce people. We are not dangerous. We are ordinary people like you. We have families, jobs, hopes, and dreams. We are not a cult. This religion is not a joke. We are not what you think we are from looking at T.V. We are real. We laugh, we cry. We are serious. We have a sense of humour. You don't have to be afraid of us. We don't want to convert you. And please don't try to convert us. Just give us the same right we give you--to live in peace. We are much more similar to you than you think.”
“The Rosary is THE weapon.”

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