Nelly (Cornell Iral Haynes Jr.) Quotes
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Gene Hackman is one of the great American actors of all time.
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It comes down to a question of attention: it's difficult to use the Net distractedly, unlike the television or the radio.
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I am very close to my brother Ramesh Babu. When my father was away for shootings, my brother would take care of me, and I am very close to him, and yes, Dad's always special. He used to call me and enquire about my film's progress. Whenever I deliver a hit, I can see a glow on my father's face.
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You make knowledge relevant to life and you make it important for children to learn things that will really relate to things going on in their lives, and not abstract.
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You try to pull away the experiences until you get to the core of humanity, and you find that light that exists in everybody. It's that light that I'm searching for in all of my work - is that connective thing, that ether that enters all of us - you know what I mean? That's a part of God.
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A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.
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The shows at the Hilton are the most exciting shows I've ever done. The stage is huge, but the theater is intimate, so we can have a magnificent production and still connect with the audience.
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But being quiet and meditating on sound is something completely different and will be discovered very soon by a lot of people who feel that the visual world doesn't reach their soul anymore.
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For a startup, you need to stay small so the others don't attack, or you aim to be one of the big guys. If you don't do it right, you might lose everything.
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I have a grim outlook on the world, and in particular on humanity. Spent years denying it, but I am very misanthropic. And I live alone on a mountain for a reason.
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I just want to say, 'Go work! It doesn't matter what it is. Work begets work. Just go!'
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The earliest stories in Genesis were not written to tell primeval history. They were written to tell readers about themselves and about God.
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I like writers who seem to write because they have to. You get the feeling of this burning desire to tell a story. I find it in Peter Carey, Nicola Barker, Ali Smith and David Foster Wallace.
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I've always wanted to do charity stuff. I'm such a nurturer and love taking care of people.
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For single women, admitting that you want kids when you're still unattached can feel like exposing a vulnerability. It did to me.
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In 'Laurence Anyways,' Nathalie Baye is Laurence's mother, and she is quite an awful mother. Still, she is the only one in the end who truly accepts her daughter.
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Starring in a science-fiction film doesn't mean you have to act science fiction.
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I really like rustic mediterranean cooking. And I like trying out curry takeaways.
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For those of us who try to keep remembering, Try to do our better than our best. Think of all the children in the drifts of snow. Winners never quit, but winters never rest.
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As a leader, your job is to share your vision with your followers and either warn them of danger or highlight opportunities coming in the future.
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I don't like war. I particularly don't like the celebration of war, which I think the administration is a little bit guilty of.
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Men should strive to think much and know little.
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I have to keep reminding myself that I was hired for a reason and one of those reasons is because of the stories I tell and the films I've made previously.
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I don't believe in luck. I believe everything happens for a reason.
