Demetrius Shipp, Jr. Quotes
If you want it, and you want to get it, then you've got to work hard for it, like Tupac was working hard for it.
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You have to interpret what's hot to make it work on yourself. If tweed suits are in, but you're not a suit kind of girl, wear the jacket with jeans and a pair of Converses.
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Most of the important composers in our country are clustered in the Northeast.
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There is no chance and anarchy in the universe. All is system and gradation. Every god is there sitting in his sphere.
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Pakistan is not a rogue state, but it harbours and covertly supports rogue elements. While war is not the answer, hard or coercive diplomacy could be.
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I really am profoundly grateful just in general in my life. I've had an embarrassing amount of good fortune.
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I love the idea of using film language similarly to how musicians use music - combining images and sounds in a way that they create an emotional effect.
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Children don't really understand the concept of health. You can't give them an apple and say 'if you eat this you will be healthy when you're older' because they don't understand. You have to find a different way to motivate them.
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Everyone thinks when they start writing that they can't do it. I was lucky. My sister Delia was the most important person in terms of encouraging me.
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I don't talk about political matters. That's not my department.
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I went through a lot of phases and studied many religions. I am not into religion, I am spiritual.
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There is a misconception that young Muslim women are oppressed. That simply isn't the case. I choose to dress modestly and choose to cover my hair with a hijab; not all Muslim women make that choice, and that's okay. We are all different!
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I'd love to open a camp focusing on the arts accessible to kids from all income brackets.
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I struggled for many, many years following 'Music and Lyrics' - I mean really struggled.
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Losing is no fun no matter who you lose to.
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As long as a house is like yours, and as long as you work together with your brothers, not a house in the world will be able to compete with you, to cause you harm or to take advantage of you, for together you can undertake and perform more than any house in the world.
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Life is something to do when you can't get to sleep.
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If some people try to make a prenup into a pre-negotiation of a divorce... Well, that's really sad. But I do think that it's important to understand what each person has coming into the relationship, and what each person expects from the relationship. They aren't always fun discussions to have, and they can be very eye-opening.
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As for the depiction of the Catholic church, it's not meant to be a prediction.
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I believe very much that the most damning thing you can say about Muslims is that you're afraid to say anything because they'll hurt you.
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I think sometimes we look at other people's marriages and we think they must always be so happy together. I don't know anybody who's married for a long time who hasn't somehow made room in their love story for the hate and resentment that they sometimes feel toward each other.
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For feel-good fiction to work, there has to be an element of darkness.
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The ability to work hard and make sacrifices comes naturally to those who know exactly what they want.
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'Transformers' was important and defining for me because it taught me about what kinds of movies I want to make and the kind of actor I want to be, and I have a long way to go before I become that actor.
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If you want it, and you want to get it, then you've got to work hard for it, like Tupac was working hard for it.
