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You have to come in and be that character when you walk into the room. That's what one of my first acting teachers taught me. You know don't go in there being Jennifer and then expect to flip and change because they're not going to have that imagination.
So when you do your family tree and Margaret Cho does hers and... Wanda Sykes and John Legend... we're adding to the database that scholars can then draw from to generalize about the complexity of the American experience. And that's the contribution that family trees make to broader scholarship.
Quotes By Henry Louis Gates
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The historical basis for the gap between the black middle class and...
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Well certainly one of the ironies of the success of affirmative action is...
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My brother and I had a really privileged relationship with my parents... They...
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The African American's relationship to Africa has long been ambivalent at...
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But you see our society is still trapped in this binary black/white logic...
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I knew that there were black people in Africa of course unfortunately...
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My mom God rest her soul - she liked nicknames. In the womb she named me...
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The sad truth is that the civil rights movement cannot be reborn until we...
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The only people who live in a post-black world are four people who live in a...
Quotes About Experience
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It evolved from my experience in the fifties growing up during the McCarthy...
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I feel responsible that everyone has a really wonderful experience and to do...
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Acting is not a mystery. There's nothing that I know that other actors don't...
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Many children are natural fantasists I think perhaps because their...
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I got pregnant at 40 by surprise. It's funny because when we found out we...
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At our best it's a good experience but we do 22 episodes a year so there...
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I'm always hoping for the nights that are inspired where you almost have an...
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I am very happy since when I am in different cities I can experience and...
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Well you know the definition of second marriage is the triumph of hope over...
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The most important training though is to experience life as a writer...