A Quote by Tika Sumpter

On a personal level, you wear different masks.

Tika Sumpter

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Different Level Masks Personal Wear

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Tika Sumpter
American - Actress
Born: June 20, 1980

I have several different masks that I wear.

David Milch

Master Seneca says that 'No one can wear a mask for very long.' This is true; but someone can wear different masks for very long!

Mehmet Murat Ildan

We fell in love with different people. Looking back, we might have done it in a different order, but we got invested. We really wanted to do the flashbacks because we wanted to explore who these women were on the outside versus the inside, and get a fuller picture of the masks we wear.

Jenji Kohan

I wish everyday could be Halloween. We could all wear masks all the time. Then we could walk around and get to know each other before we got to see what we looked like under the masks.

R. J. Palacio

I think we all wear some kind of mask. There are masks that shield us from others, but there are masks that embolden us, and you see that in carnival. The shiest child puts on a mask and can do anything and be anybody.

Edwidge Danticat

On a level of simple personal survival, understanding and forgiveness are crucial... whether in an intimate personal relationship or on a global level.

Edward Albert

In our society, most of us wear protective masks of various kinds and for various reasons. Very often the end result is that the masks grow to us, displacing our original characters with our assumed characters.

Clarence John Laughlin

I flew over all my masks from Sweden, including my first that I bought when I was 15. That was a little while ago so the masks looked a little different. I painted it myself, but actually the way it looks now is not the look it had when I played. I repainted it after I was done using it.

Henrik Lundqvist

We're all living in different states and we all have different systems within those states. Even on the most basic personal level, it affects me.

Avey Tare

The plays I choose to work on are about having masks. We all have masks in life, but there is a different inner life going on. The audience has to work hard to see what is going on. I love what is not on display.

Marianne Elliott

The children don't wear their masks at home and in controlled surroundings.

Martin Bashir

It's the African-American experience. You've got to wear different masks. When you're in the hood, if you stand out, you get picked on for being weak. Sometimes you have to hide your intelligence. In front of your boys, you might put on a bit of bravado, be a little bit tougher.