Kenya Barris Quotes
I am what I am as a writer because of Norman Lear and Spike Lee. Norman Lear in particular.
Quotes to Explore
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One of the tragedies of modern times is that people have come to believe that something said by someone in the past, perhaps for illustrative or provocation purposes, actually represents that person's beliefs at the time.
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Prop 8 did something that no other state in the history of this country has done. It took away the rights of people that already were legally affirmed. Imagine someone putting something on the ballot saying your wedding, your marriage is no longer valid.
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My father had very little formal education.
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I am only about winning and getting better.
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I am so lazy and sometimes will go as late as 9 A.M. to shoot.
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Wherever there is danger, there lurks opportunity; whenever there is opportunity, there lurks danger. The two are inseparable. They go together.
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It's important to be active in the causes that are important to you... That's how we make changes in this world.
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Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility.
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I was in 'Goodwin Games,' which was canceled, and a few other things, so I kind of swore off television unless I was writing or producing it.
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We have deep depth.
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I've made a lot of game-winners.
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A period of time is as much an organising principle for a work of fiction as a sense of place. You can do geography, as Faulkner did, or you can dwell on a particular period. It provides the same framework.
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I played guitar and bass. I didn't do much vocals, although I did have one band where I was the lead singer. But that was when I was in college.
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Life is hard. Not great. Kind of tragic.
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You are repetitious and stupid.
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Men will not forget that Pancho Villa was loyal to the cause of the people.
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But supposing one tries to live by Pantheistic philosophy? Does it lead to a complacent Hegelian optimism?
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Carving a sculpture in wood is such a sensual pleasure when blow by blow the figure grows more and more from the trunk.
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There's no point doing a job where you're uncomfortable or doing something you dislike.
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Aggression at a time when the economy was growing at substantial rates and the retail lending as an industry was growing at a substantial rate was an appropriate aggression. Caution at a time when the economic environment is so uncertain is an appropriate caution.
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I can play rhythm guitar. I know how to hold a guitar and strum it.
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I am what I am as a writer because of Norman Lear and Spike Lee. Norman Lear in particular.
