Kenya Barris Quotes
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Men move through a much different process before commitment than women do.
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I have crazy friends, so a lot of times when we're out, people recognize me on the street, but they will yell, 'This is Cameron Boyce!' and just run! They do that. Then I'm in the middle of the street with people looking at me.
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Religion is essentially the art and the theory of the remaking of man. Man is not a finished creation.
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My mother wrote a couple of romances when I was a kid, and I always saw books in our bookshelf with 'Schroeder' on the spine.
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In fighting, you're not going 200 mph, but there's obviously danger in the sport. If you're a fighter or a NASCAR driver, you're obviously an adrenaline junkie. Both also take a lot of skill.
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Working with Bruno Mars would be really awesome. I'm such a fan of his, and I love that he's a real artist.
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I love the truth. Tell the truth and live the truth, because we've seen enough lies and look what it's doing.
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When team members trust each other and know that everyone is capable of admitting when they're wrong, then conflict becomes nothing more than the pursuit of truth or the best possible answer.
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The greatest thing about being in a band, and the strength of having companionship and collaboration, is also the thing that makes a band break up because then you begin to feel confined. Like, who am I as an individual, as a writer, as a performer?
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I had written in another draft a completely different kind of fight, but they said they couldn't afford to shoot it. They needed a fight scene, though, so I was told to put a fight scene in, but not the one I had written.
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Touring is what you make it. I like to organise as much as possible myself.
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I've admired historical clothes like Victorian gowns since I was a child, and it's what motivated me to go into fashion.
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If you fire people, you fire customers.
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A lot of people thought I wasn't doing anything because I was spending a lot of time socialising and going out, but I've always managed to get work actually done.
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I sort of fall apart in terms of stamina after about 25 minutes!
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I do watch 'Revenge,' 'American Horror Story' and 'Game of Thrones.' I am behind on all of them. But I do watch them. Those are my go-to shows.
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I think the sensitivity that you need to create certain things sometimes would spill over into things that shouldn't have bothered me.
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You got to be rigorous in your appraisal system. The biggest cowards are managers who don't let people know where they stand.
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I definitely gain weight, and I'm not naturally thin.
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My friends and family are my support system. They tell me what I need to hear, not what I want to hear and they are there for me in the good and bad times. Without them I have no idea where I would be and I know that their love for me is what's keeping my head above the water.
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I try not to name too many labels - not because it's not cool, but because it starts getting political.
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Malicious men may die, but malice never.
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It's hard to take a stand. You're not going to make everybody happy.
