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Struggle and survival, losing and winning, doesn't matter. It's entering the race that counts. You enter, you can win, you can lose .... but it's all about entering the race.

Pam Grier

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Pam Grier
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: May 26
Actor
Actress
Aikidoka
Film Actor
Karateka
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Winston-Salem
North Carolina
Pamela Suzette Grier
Struggle
Sportsmanship
Winning
Counts
Race
Entering
Doesn
Enter
Matter
Survival
Losing
Lose
Loses

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I've never considered myself to be beautiful, and I still don't.
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Sometimes I'm a little Republican, sometimes I'm a little Democrat.
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The first movie that I saw was Godzilla and I loved it.
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I don't believe that I should just do A-movies, I just do the work as an artist.
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I wanted to be in film. I wanted to be a film student, possibly be a director or cinematographer, not an actor. That was my goal. I didn't believe I had the physical beauty that I'd seen projected and advertised in movies, in theater. It just wasn't for me.
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