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People can be a hoot on the set, but if they're not good to work with, that tires very quickly.


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WENDELL PIERCE Gregory Hines was the most talented man I've ever met or seen. Gregory Hines is one of those peo...
WENDELL PIERCE One of the real worries I had before the first season of 'Treme' aired was that, man, people...
WENDELL PIERCE New Orleans, more than many places I know, actually tangibly lives its culture. It's not just a ...
WENDELL PIERCE At Julliard we had some voice classes. It was really just so you could carry a tune. It always just ...
WENDELL PIERCE I played trumpet for about two weeks. Sixth grade. And I didn't practice. Maybe a little longer ...
WENDELL PIERCE 'The Wire' really is an American classic, and I think that's something to be very proud ...
WENDELL PIERCE A lot of cats in New Orleans, very soulful, very soulful musicians and they assume that they're ...
WENDELL PIERCE The power of a sports team in a community it's almost indescribable.
WENDELL PIERCE What thoughts are to the individual, art is to the community as a whole. That's where you reflec...
WENDELL PIERCE The role of culture is that it's the form through which we as a society reflect on who we are, w...
WENDELL PIERCE And that's what art is, a form in which people can reflect on who we are as human beings and com...
WENDELL PIERCE The NFL is such a large, multibillion dollar enterprise with fan loyalty because they have provided ...
WENDELL PIERCE Be your true self. Because if you're not, there are consequences to be paid.
WENDELL PIERCE With the Union my best and dearest earthly hopes are entwined.
FRANKLIN PIERCE I have some wonderful suits in my closet, a lovely car, some refined watches.
PIERCE BROSNAN Oh, humiliation is poisonous. It's one of the deepest pains of being human.
PIERCE BROSNAN Daniel Craig is brilliant as Bond: there is no question about that. But it's a different Bond. I...
PIERCE BROSNAN You always bump into politics in life, and as a man, I'm party to a number of environmental issu...
PIERCE BROSNAN There are few colonial nations anymore. Instead, we are colonized by financial institutions beyond o...
CHARLIE PIERCE Movies are somewhat diminished by blockbusters, which are great, but there's not enough choice.
PIERCE BROSNAN Daja: "He and Rosethorn work together? They hate each other."
Lark: "I didn't say they liked i...
TAMORA PIERCE Curiosity killed the cat,” Fesgao remarked, his dark eyes unreadable.
Aly rolled her eyes. Wh...
TAMORA PIERCE Alan, you seem to think we won't like you unless you do things just like everyone else. Have you eve...
TAMORA PIERCE I--buy, and I sell."
"You're a thief.
TAMORA PIERCE George looked at her for a long moment. Finally he replied, "And why do you find it so hard to think...
TAMORA PIERCE Her free hand was clenched in a fist. I held still, waiting for her to say something, to tell me she...
TAMORA PIERCE You're more trouble than you're worth."
"I'm a girl. That's my job.
TAMORA PIERCE This may be my only chance to see humans before these two are made into fertilizer for Moonwind's ro...
TAMORA PIERCE I would have lived in peace. But my enemies brought me war.
PIERCE BROWN Alanna: All I know is that I'm to jump when I'm told and I have no free time.
TAMORA PIERCE The bravest person I know is afraid of the dark. She sleeps with a night lamp always, but if her fri...
TAMORA PIERCE You do not follow me because I am the strongest. Pax is. You do not follow me because I am the brigh...
PIERCE BROWN