Dayo Okeniyi Quotes
The biggest thing people tell me is that I'll be jaded real soon and that the allure of filmmaking will lose its magic. Not necessarily the fame, but that special thing you create onscreen.
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I had no expectations of white people at all.
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We must develop huge demonstrations, because the world is used to big dramatic affairs. They think in terms of hundreds of thousands and millions and billions... Billions of dollars are appropriated at the twinkling of an eye. Nothing little counts.
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I've had the good fortune of studying the 17th-century art of Amsterdam in preparation for a film.
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I'm not trying to prove anything for the right or the left. Which gives me freedom to make jokes about either side, too.
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I lost 'The X Factor,' and I lost 'Deal or No Deal' twice. I'm good at losing game shows.
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I do want to lose weight for my children. I don't want them to think being fat is okay.
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To die for an idea; it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it would be if men died for ideas that were true!
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If you don't improve the lives of the poor, it's not charity.
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One of the exciting things about reporting is going to places you've never been to before.
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When I'm painting, I'm not aware of what I'm doing. It's only after a get acquainted period that I see what I've been about. I've no fears about making changes for the painting has a life of its own.
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I can't think of anything I hate more than a former punk - they are the most self-righteous people in the world.
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Rock Hudson wasn't my type. He's a great guy and had a great sense of humor.
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Refugees are the human dimensions of a failed state.
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What we see today is an American economy that has boomed because of policies and developments of the 1950s and '60s: the interstate-highway system, massive funding for science and technology, a public-education system that was the envy of the world and generous immigration policies.
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All the characters on 'Girls' are growing and changing, which is how real people behave, especially when we're young, trying to figure out who we are, doing things that are the polar opposite of our characteristics.
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Really smart people don't want to say stupid things, and they really don't want to be a part of a PR-engineered interview. People really do want to be smart, and they want smart questions. So, if you ask smart questions, there's no way you can't do well.
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If you're black, if you're gay, if you're Latin - we're all the same. We're all the same, and we all want the same: We want to be happy.
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Every European goes on the streets and sees medieval churches. Not if you live in Indianapolis.
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Zippy is living in the moment.
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Terrorism is a psychological warfare. Terrorists try to manipulate us and change our behavior by creating fear, uncertainty, and division in society.
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WikiLeaks is not a news organization; it is a cell of activists that is releasing information designed to embarrass people in power.
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The '80s was a really creative and brave period. Remember, it was a period of ultraconservatism, and so you needed brave people to push ahead like that.
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Everybody certainly has the right to defend themselves. That's not to say that they should defy common sense by avoiding or diffusing confrontation. And that's very, very important.
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The biggest thing people tell me is that I'll be jaded real soon and that the allure of filmmaking will lose its magic. Not necessarily the fame, but that special thing you create onscreen.
