Debbie Allen Quotes
But it was not possible to do this movie, in this matter of time, without a solid rehearsal period.

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Team synergy has an extraordinary impact on business results.
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If Boston charters can be stymied despite their extraordinary success, charters anywhere can be stopped.
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I write better in Cape Breton... too many people around in Ontario. Down there I meet all sorts of non-human people, but they don't bother me, and I don't feel I have to apologize on behalf of my species quite so often.
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Corruption is in society and in every strata of society.
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A good catchword can obscure analysis for fifty years.
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For me, let's keep jazz as folk music. Let's not make jazz classical music. Let's keep it as street music, as people's everyday-life music. Let's see jazz musicians continue to use the materials, the tools, the spirit of the actual time that they're living in, as what they build their lives as musicians around.
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Nice guys finish first. If you don't know that, then you don't know where the finish line is.
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Online, you have things like Slate Magazine, which has a lot of commentary and analysis of stories, so it gives you a fuller picture. I would compare that to a news magazine or the New Republic.
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Whither goest thou, America, in thy shiny car in the night?
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My brother married young, and his is the best marriage I know.
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As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.
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My original idea was to produce and not make records myself.
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What I'm very concerned about is how do we bolster our self-awareness as humans, as biological organisms?
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Years ago, I carved out an identity, and it has always been about having a voice to tell people about stuff I love.
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Democrats believe we must create jobs, not protect the special interests; build the economy from the middle out, not the top down.
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Working in a bar was a horrific idea for me.
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The older you get, the better you have to look, the higher you have to kick, the harder you have to work.
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Unless you consider yourself some sort of human brand, which I don't, you have to deal with the fact that different people are going to like different aspects of your work. It's not consistent. I am not consistent. But I feel OK with that.
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A true lover always feels in debt to the one he loves.
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The movies I made when I was 14 or 15, I have a hard time looking at those. Those were the awkward years. I don't know if anybody can look at something they did when they were 14 and not wince.
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If you've spent a long time developing a skill and techniques, and now some 14 year-old upstart can get exactly the same result, you might feel a bit miffed I suppose, but that has happened forever.
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The black fist is a meaningless symbol. When you open it, you have nothing but fingers - weak, empty fingers. The only time the black fist has significance is when there's money inside. There's where the power lies.
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The beanball is one of the meanest things on Earth and no decent fellow would use it. The beanball is a potential murderer. If I were a batter and thought the pitcher really tried to bean me, I'd be inclined to wait for him outside the park with a baseball bat.
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But it was not possible to do this movie, in this matter of time, without a solid rehearsal period.