Kenny Leon Quotes

I tried to stay off the stage, but you know, I'm an actor; I'm an artist.

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• Romeo Must Die came at the right time. It was the right vehicle for me.

  

  Aaliyah
  • Time
  • Me
  • Die

• No, I don't think my generation got into this dinosaur thing.

  

  Walter Cronkite
  • Think
  • Generation
  • Dinosaur

• The government forces you to give your money to things you don't believe in, to have your money go to projects that might be inherently immoral.

  

  Randall Terry
  • Believe
  • Money
  • Government

• Music rhythms are mathematical patterns. When you hear a song and your body starts moving with it, your body is doing math. The kids in their parents' garage practicing to be a band may not realize it, but they're also practicing math.

  

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
  • Music
  • May
  • Kids

• For all of my fortune, there are many with misfortune that need a hand.

  

  Laura San Giacomo
  • Hand
  • Need
  • Fortune

• I'm sensitive, you know, about some things, and as some of my partners could attest to, incredibly insensitive.

  

  Jackson Browne
  • You
  • Know
  • Sensitive

• When I was writing 'The Windup Girl' and 'Ship Breaker,' I was writing those simultaneously, so I was an unpublished writer, not really having that full sense that these books would go out in the world, that they would be successful, that there would be an audience and that there would be fans of those stories.

  

  Paolo Bacigalupi
  • World
  • Writing
  • Girl

• I have a Creator who knew all things, even before they were made - even me, his poor little child.

  

  Saint Patrick
  • Me
  • Child
  • Poor

• Black Rock gives us all a chance to heal, to become ourselves.

  

  Larry Harvey
  • Black
  • Rock
  • Chance

• Sports are one of the main cultural activities on the face of the earth.

  

  Jack Kent Cooke
  • Earth
  • Sports
  • Face

• I was the Justin Bieber of the '70s. Really, I was.

  

  Barry Manilow
  • Really
  • Justin

• We all, I think, believe in compassion. If you look at all the world religions, all the main world religions, you'll find within them some teaching concerning compassion.

  

  Jackie Tabick
  • World
  • Believe
  • Compassion

• I'm the interpreter. I'm the one who takes your words and brings them to life. I was trained to sing and dance and laugh, and that's what I want to do.

  

  Aaliyah
  • Life
  • Words
  • Dance

• I just went to see too many movies and I sat in too many dark matinees watching those old serials.

  

  Sam Elliott
  • Dark
  • Movies
  • Old

• When I first decided I wanted to make beats and write songs and stuff like that, it wasn't like I sat down and the first thing I wrote was even halfway legit. It took a while to find my way through it.

  

  G-Eazy
  • Way
  • Find
  • Down

• I drove a brand new Lamborghini, the Huracan; it was great. We went on the Autobahn, and we got to drive on the Nurburgring.

  

  Adam Ferrara
  • Great
  • Brand
  • Drive

• I like to go from mainstream movies to more artsy films. I don't sign on for the money. Maybe I should, but I don't. There's always a good reason for doing something.

  

  Famke Janssen
  • Good
  • Money
  • Movies

• Fifty years of isolating Cuba had failed to promote democracy, setting us back in Latin America. That's why we restored diplomatic relations, opened the door to travel and commerce, and positioned ourselves to improve the lives of the Cuban people.

  

  Barack Obama
  • People
  • Why
  • America

• When people get to know me, they tend to support me... That's what you see in the polls.

  

  Carly Fiorina
  • People
  • Support

• Well, I don't know if this is true of everyone, but I have this relationship with my parents where, despite however mature or articulate or grown-up I think I've become, as soon as I go home, I turn into this petulant 13-year-old, especially with the tone of my voice.

  

  Jenna Fischer
  • Up
  • Home
  • True

• The majority of autists - as well as their parents - seem to be genuine victims of environmental stress.

  

  Nikolaas Tinbergen
  • Stress
  • Victims
  • Autistic

• I don't think money can help you become a better painter, for sure. You can have all the studios you want; it won't help you make a better painting.

  

  Peter Doig
  • Money
  • Help
  • Painting

• He watched her retreat, his eyes lazy, and his body unmoving. A trickle of blood seeped slowly from the corner of his mouth. He let her get nearly out of the room before he spoke, “I may not have the right, Silence, me love,” he drawled so soft she nearly didn’t catch the words. “But I would’ve listened to ye. I would’ve believed ye.

  

  Elizabeth Hoyt
  • Body
  • Eye
  • Silence

• I tried to stay off the stage, but you know, I'm an actor; I'm an artist.

  

  Kenny Leon