Kehinde Wiley Quotes
By and large, most of the work that we see in the great museums throughout the world are populated with people who don't happen to look like me.
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The next phase of the journey is to move from speculation to actual use cases - people getting into Bitcoin because they want to use it.
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We did a remake of Lost in Space. Filmed it in London for four months.
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Certitude is not the test of certainty. We have been cocksure of many things that were not so.
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Commitment and credibility go hand in hand.
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Have you learned the lessons only of those who admired you, and were tender with you, and stood aside for you? Have you not learned great lessons from those who braced themselves against you, and disputed passage with you?
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Everybody in the black community must organize, and then we decide whether we will have alliance with other people or not, but not until we are organized.
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I wanted to become a cartoon artist, a portrait artist, and an illustrator. This was my first idea.
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I have never taken myself that seriously as an actor.
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We decided we don't use the term 'fat' for me. We use the term 'juicy' for me. My wife's fine with it, but the rule is when I'm over double her weight, it's over.
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Every anti-gay remark from the Church gives the thug a license to be cruel.
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No person, not even a congressman, is above the law.
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I think everybody should focus on inner beauty.
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The logical thing is to implement the Arab Defense Agreement.
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Books are no different from goats! They enjoy an afternoon out on the lawn.
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Of course I wanted an agent from the time I was like 5, but my mother was like, 'No, you're going to be normal, you're going to go to school, you're going to get good grades, you're going to play soccer, and if you do well, if you keep your grades up, you can do one community-theater show a year.'
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Awards are so unnecessary because I think we get so much out of our work just by doing it. The work is a reward in itself.
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Other people pull off amazing festivals and events and things like that. I think ours is a little bit different, and that's what makes us distinct.
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The test of good manners is to be able to put up pleasantly with bad ones.
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The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths.
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I'll probably stick to comedy for the time being. I mean, a great piece of work is a great piece of work, and I'm up for good work anytime. But I do love comedy!
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I've committed to surfing the rest of my life.
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Today Americans are overcome not by the sense of endless possibility but by the banality of the social order they have erected against it.
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I got hit up for a tampon commercial and so I asked [JD and Jo] if they had anything. Jo sent that over and I was like, "I love this track. Oh my god. It's so upbeat. It's so positive. It would be so great for a tampon commercial." That commercial never came through, so then I just had it. I was like, "That would be great for a Hillary [Clinton] song." I think it's so funny that it could be a tampon commercial.
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By and large, most of the work that we see in the great museums throughout the world are populated with people who don't happen to look like me.
