Dayo Okeniyi Quotes
I decided to go to school for advertising and graphic design. That was what I was gonna do but acting is that thing, it's like a splinter in your mind and you can't get rid of it. So I decided to move to L.A. a few years ago and it just snowballed into this thing called 'The Hunger Games.'
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It doesn't matter how much you want. What really matters is how much you want it. The extent and complexity of the problem does not matter was much as does the willingness to solve it.
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A writer is a human being. He has to live with a sense of honor.
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Blessed be Providence which has given to each his toy: the doll to the child, the child to the woman, the woman to the man, the man to the devil!
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There are some things I wish I never knew, but I am grateful for things that I have learned, too.
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For decades, NRDC has created and supported policies that will ultimately end our reliance on fossil fuels.
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It was a pleasure to meet President Obama and Michelle. I'm not a political person, but I admire what he has done.
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The idea of going on tour for the rest of my life with old works is not that exciting. As an artist I definitely think the work in future is going to be better than the work in the past, otherwise why do it?
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I just get focused on whatever is in front of me. When I was filming Crossroads, it had all my focus. Now I'm all focused on finishing my recording so I can get that out. It's just day by day.
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Winning the peace is harder than winning the war.
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If tomorrow the Chinese decide not to supply the world with raw materials, the pharma industry would collapse.
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People have become shallower. They view spending, entertaining, seeking leisure and enjoying as the main objectives of their life.
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My slogan is I'm the least qualified guy for the job, but I'd probably do the best job.
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I wasn't going to make a slick, glossy over-produced piece of entertainment because then I would be doing what the Capitol did. Then I'm actually putting on the Hunger Games and not making a movie of the 'Hunger Games.'
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Amen is not the end of a prayer, it just gets us ready to go to the next level.
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Rather than waiting to restore fiscal responsibility after we pass legislation, we must work to ensure we remain committed to it as we draft legislation.
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I think women love very hard. We love men. We just love with everything we have. And sometimes, I don't know that that love is met with the type of dignity that we wish it would be met with.
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No hero is mortal till he dies.
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The problem with binge-watching on Netflix is that you lose three days of your life.
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When the government undertakes or approves a major project such as a dam or highway project, it must make sure the project's impacts, environmental and otherwise, are considered. In many cases, NEPA gives the public its only opportunity to be heard about the project's impact on their community.
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People who grew up on my books are now able to get the point across to others that they're worth reading.
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It has ever been since time began, and ever will be, till time lose breath, that love is a mood - no more - to man, and love to a woman is life or death.
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It used to be that you came out of school, and you got married - those who were going to get married. But my peers are getting married in their early 30s, so now there's like this extra 10 years of that angst.
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I try not to have actors in mind when I write because the tendency then is to be influenced by either their last performance or your favourite of their performances.
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I decided to go to school for advertising and graphic design. That was what I was gonna do but acting is that thing, it's like a splinter in your mind and you can't get rid of it. So I decided to move to L.A. a few years ago and it just snowballed into this thing called 'The Hunger Games.'
