Omar Benson Miller Quotes
Normally, I try to stay away from playing security guard-type characters, the stereotypical, big man fare. And I've been pretty blessed, man, and successful at getting out of the box.
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Any art worthy of its name should address 'life', 'man', 'nature', 'death' and 'tragedy'.
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There is, therefore, no solution possible other than an economy directed by the workers through their organisations of control-through the workers' syndicates.
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I remember a tour where we played 50 cities in 56 days. We also went to Europe a couple of times.
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I do love being on television and in peoples' homes. I'm not an actor, so there is a connection that's real.
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What surprised me about the Oscars was how familiar it was - because you're in the room with all these people that have inspired you from your childhood to adulthood in the film industry. It feels like you've known them all of your life.
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Young people do not watch television; they are on the Internet.
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I drink Diet Coke from the minute I get up to the minute I go to bed.
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You don't win as a party unless you become a bigger party.
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Man's enemies are not demons, but human beings like himself.
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Poking fun at other people's beliefs, while it may seem frivolous and offensive, is a non-negotiable right. It is a principle that underpins free speech, the basis for progress.
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I don't like running when I'm holding things in my hand, whether it's a dog leash or a baby jogger. My mechanics get all messed up.
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I was a foggy, erratic teenager: a fifth child, the last in the queue for conversation or attention.
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Countries are either mothers or fathers, and engender the emotional bristle secretly reserved for either sire.
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I'm triggering acoustic instruments. I'm literally beating, smacking, hitting, blowing, doing physical things. It's an incredibly exciting way to make music.
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My day goes from one embarrassing moment to the next.
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Going out for a meal, especially for young urbanites, is less about socialising over enjoyable food than about enjoying food as a way to socialise.
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I grew up eating Cuban food all the time.
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Of course all novelists are egomaniacs and want to draw everyone to their fold just like any other preacher. The snake-oil peddler, the false prophet, all of this is fascinating to me. But I certainly hope that I'm more humane than that.
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I learned that coming out was crucial to self-esteem.
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I worry about 10, 15, 20, 25 years down the road. Where are we going to be in this age of nuclear weapons, where there is no margin for error?
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I understand that Detroit was a pretty rough place to grow up in the '70s and '80s.
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Less than 1 percent of American have served in 12 years of war, and serious public conversation about military policy is sorely lacking.
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I was always an observer, even as a child. I could be satisfied to sit in a car for 3 hours and just look at the street go by while my mother went shopping.
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Normally, I try to stay away from playing security guard-type characters, the stereotypical, big man fare. And I've been pretty blessed, man, and successful at getting out of the box.
