Kerby Jean-Raymond Quotes
In September of 2015, I did the unthinkable: I used my second-ever runway show to bring awareness to the Black Lives Matter movement. It was the hardest thing I've ever had to do professionally. It was lonely.
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My look is either very baroque or very Zen - everything in between makes me itch.
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The joining of the whole congregation in prayer has something exceedingly solemn and affecting in it.
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The marketability, the success of a book, ultimately rests with whether or not people will find the concept/characters/title/cover appealing.
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Ever since I was a kid, I wanted to make films. That's really all I ever wanted to do.
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I have come to the conclusion - and I don't know why it took me so long, but nevertheless, I'm here now - that a lot of people tell me they don't get enough guitar on my albums. So I decided to do an album where the guitar would be the singer, playing the melody.
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I know where my body's at, know how it feels, you know.
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Creating a character and living truthfully through her is a whole different ball game. It's all part of the same person but it's a much newer medium for me.
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In theory, taxes should be like shopping. What I buy is government services. What I pay are my taxes.
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I was a dancer first, which made me realize how much I loved performing.
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If the only thing you knew about Oman was its location, you might never go at all.
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Very ambitious startups often take a long time to work - or sometimes they take a very long time to look ambitious.
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The darkness of clubs makes me feel much more secure, and you can hide behind smoke and lights.
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Live every day as if it's going to be your last, and one day, you'll be right.
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You have your identity when you find out, not what you can keep your mind on, but what you can't keep your mind off.
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The success of the Rat Pack or the Clan was due to the camaraderie, the three guys who work together and kid each other and love each other.
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I think that life in Israel is sometimes bigger than the movies.
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I'm getting rid of this idea that you want people to like you. I'm making decisions on what feels right to me. To act in a more carnal way. That's my challenge.
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I knew at a young age that I wanted to do comedy, and maybe part of that was trying to fit in at school because I had a weird name, and my parents had these accents, and I was definitely a late bloomer.
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I have a concept of Naples that is not so much of a city, per se, but rather an ingredient of the human spirit that I detect in everyone, Neapolitan or not. The idea that 'Neapolitanism' and mass ignorance are somehow indissolubly linked is one that I am prepared to fight with all the strength I have.
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The anniversary of the tragic attacks on September 11, 2001, and September 11, 2012, is a day to remember those who died and suffered. It is also an opportunity to open a new dialogue on the tactics and strategies that have been successful - and unsuccessful - in confronting, containing, and defeating the threat from radical Islam.
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Besides great climates and lovely beaches, California and Greece share a fondness for dysfunctional politics and feckless budgeting.
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We were filming in Greenland, and I treated my crew. It's 24 hours of pretty bright daylight there right now, and I always try to do something nice for my crew every trip or in every other city. So I greeted them with a midnight cruise, but it looked like two in the afternoon.
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Nobody's talking about movies the way they're talking about their favorite TV shows.
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In September of 2015, I did the unthinkable: I used my second-ever runway show to bring awareness to the Black Lives Matter movement. It was the hardest thing I've ever had to do professionally. It was lonely.
