Nafisa Joseph Quotes
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Most of the producers don't know what they do. The misconception of the producers' function is really not a misconception. Most producers don't do a very good job.
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I am supposed to set an example to young players.
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Deconstructing the concept of race not only conflicts with people's tendency to classify and build family histories according to common descent but also ignores the work of biologists studying non-human species.
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In rural parts of China, it's like stepping back into the era of my grandfather or great-grandfather - not much has changed.
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I don't believe in the school of hard knocks, although I've had them. All that stuff about whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger is so not true. Do you know what makes you stronger? When people treat you and your art with dignity.
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I'm interested in visual vocabulary, like Warhol was interested in that vocabulary of advertisements and television and pop culture.
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I don't get hung up a lot on angst.
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Dark chocolate, and salt and vinegar chips are my weakness - but not together.
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My parents and my brother instilled in me my sense of humor. That's kind of the way we communicate with each other, and it's always been a way for me to get to know people.
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My goal when I make my show is to make a show for women. I don't make a show for men.
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I despise making the most of one's time. Half of the pleasures of life consist of the opportunities one has neglected.
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I think it's fair to say that all of the teams that have been in the playoffs have played very physically.
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Everyone thinks their family is the craziest family in the world. Like, 'My God, my family's crazy!'
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You don't have to love them. You just have to respect their rights.
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I went up to the top of the career ladder and I came down again, I am past all that.
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When you agree to work with a filmmaker, it's important that you accept their world. It's an adventure. I like that. I throw myself into the director's arms, into their universe.
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It was my wish since I was a child to become something, to be able to stand on my own two feet, to do something for myself.
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Many of the issues we face in dealing with rapid climate change are well suited to an engineering mind.
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Gardening is the only unquestionably useful job.
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I remember my first moment onstage was at a 4-H contest at the Pratville Junior High School cafeteria auditorium around 1965. I had my first electric, a Silvertone with the amp built into the case, and I won first prize.
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I think we are a product of all our experiences.
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Growing up, I was constantly labeled an 'oreo' by my black peers because of my proper speech and 'valley girl accent.'
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You can never quit. Winners never quit, and quitters never win.
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I won the crown for what I am - I'm certainly not going to let go of that!
