Kenya Barris Quotes
Laurence Fishburne - he's a great actor, but he dances and sings, too? He can just do everything.
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Verily He answereth him who prayeth unto Him, and is near unto him who calleth on Him.
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I consider music to be storytelling, melody and rhythm. A lot of hip-hop has broken music down. There are no instruments and no songwriting. So you're left with just storytelling and rhythm. And the storytelling can be so braggadocious, you're just left with rhythm.
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I simply adore getting dressed up for a special occasion. I feel incredible stepping out in luxurious fabrics and a bit of bling. That's also how I feel about special-occasion dining rooms. Because these aren't everyday spaces, they contain all sorts of drama for that once-in-a-while 'wow' event.
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I will do today what others won't so I can do tomorrow what others can't.
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I've been making music for a long time, since I was very young, but at the same time, I'm still exploring what works for me. I feel like I'm just starting out.
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You can have religion with spirituality. You can also have religion without spirituality.
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Real riches are the riches possessed inside.
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I do take this insane pleasure in world-building. I get the world in my head, but I have to make sure everyone else gets it.
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You can make positive deposits in your own economy every day by reading and listening to powerful, positive, life-changing content and by associating with encouraging and hope-building people.
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As an artist, I want to interpret my feelings - not run across the street and ask what my mother thinks.
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You need to prepare the child you have for the world that exists.
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Forgiveness is the economy of the heart... forgiveness saves the expense of anger, the cost of hatred, the waste of spirits.
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The South is brutalized to a degree not realized by its own inhabitants, and the very foundation of government, law and order, are imperilled.
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The fundamental law of nature is to not know too much about yourself.
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And, I believe that if a man dies with a single penny still sitting in the bank, he's a fool.
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It's just this little comedy about this group of guys, and their local hangout is a pool hall, and it's starting to get taken over by this big corporate, evil kind of guy. And it's just about them trying to save the day and their little pool hall in the process of it all. It's called 'Think Tank.'
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I have to work really hard to get the record deal - I have to spend years at it to get good. I have to practice to be good at guitar.
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I'm not being really intelligent in my film choices; I'm just landing the opportunity when it comes.
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The problem with beauty is that it's like being born rich and getting poorer.
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Abe Foxman has been a friend and advisor of mine for a long time.
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If we took information only from sources with which we agreed on all issues, we would be left with merely quoting ourselves, and we would miss a great deal of truth.
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We've got to recruit at the same level of the people who are winning titles and playing for titles, and to do that, we've got to have great facilities.
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TORONTO -- When Cameron Crowe was flying to the Toronto film festival recently, he walked down the aisle of the plane and studied his fellow passengers sitting in front of their personal TV sets. They were just having the greatest time, there was so much joy in their eyes, .. And I looked to see what they were watching. And it was all out-and-out comedies. So many people watching The Longest Yard. And I just got the feeling that, 'You know what? People just like to let it all go, and have a laugh'.
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Laurence Fishburne - he's a great actor, but he dances and sings, too? He can just do everything.
