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" I'm an actor who appreciates direction. "
Ruby Dee
Who
Direction
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" My whole life is not defined by what Hollywood does. "
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" You should always be prepared to win. But as much as I tell myself that, I've accepted another kind of role. Racism undercuts expectation, something like that. I'm not saying that to excuse myself from anything, but I've lived all this time, and things don't happen. "
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" I really don't believe in retiring as long as you can breathe. "
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" You're not supposed to go into business with the sole purpose of putting your neighbor out of business. This is not the United States of Corporate America. "
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" We women have a great function to perform. The world needs us. "
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" I'd come from a background in New York of picketing and protesting. "
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" An Oscar nomination? That would be a very satisfying thing, I'm sure. I would appreciate the thought. It would be like taking your hat off as an actor to all the people who walk through you. "
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" You hear people say, 'We take our Tennessee Williams very seriously. There is no laughter here.' It's full of humor! Not to laugh is a big, bad mistake! "
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Laughter
People
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" We are all a tiger with feelings. An elephant who never forgets. We are tiger, panther, monkey - we are all of these things, all of the life rhythms. "
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Monkey
Tiger
Elephant
" You have to learn how to be married. You have to learn to love somebody. "
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Learn
To Love
Love
" I didn't realize it until I was grown how necessary it is for good people to be tough. "
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People
Tough
" A nation's youths shouldn't be sent off to die. "
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Youths
Nation
Die
" I learned that having great sensitivity is important. But being strong is just as important. "
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Learned
Just
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" Marriage is really an exciting adventure. "
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Exciting
Really
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" I don't know who I would be if I weren't this child from Harlem, this woman from Harlem. It's in me so deep. "
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Know
Woman
" The white actresses I have known have been allowed to do 10 times more than I shall ever do. "
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More
Been
Ever
" I'm proud of doing 'Long Day's Journey into Night,' for which I won an ACE award. "
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Night
Day
Long
" God, make me so uncomfortable that I will do the very thing I fear. "
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God
Fear
Will
" I shined shoes; I did windows. "
Ruby Dee
Did
Shoes
Windows
" Gangsters lived in the neighborhood. They weren't apart from it. Their relationships with people were both benevolent and scary. "
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Relationships
People
Lived
" Life can't die. It's a contradiction. "
Ruby Dee
Life
Contradiction
Die
" My stepmother wanted to be an actress. "
Ruby Dee
Stepmother
Wanted
Actress
" Oh, I'm impressed with Lorraine Hansberry. She was a genius at whose feet I could sit. "
Ruby Dee
Sit
Feet
Whose
" Just staying together is not a real virtue, if you're not happy. Or you're being denied. Or one person is being squashed. Or you really don't love each other; you're just there out of habit. That doesn't work, no matter how many years you stay together. "
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You
Work
Together
" I didn't have the kind of talent or personality that kept me dreaming about Hollywood. They don't hire little colored girls to do this or that. After I got that in my head, I took another direction. "
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Direction
Talent
Personality
" Well, I didn't grow up with that word 'retirement' as part of my consciousness. I didn't grow up with professionals that retired. I thought retiring was when you are tired and go to bed. "
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Tired
Thought
Retirement
" You can only appreciate freedom when you find yourself in a position to fight for someone else's freedom and not worry about your own. "
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Fight
Worry
Yourself
" We don't realize how much racism has tainted our self-image as human beings. "
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