Nate Parker Quotes
You don't choose who you sit next to in a theater. You sit in a theater, and there's an energy that happens.
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Love is important. I didn't have the energy to be giving it to somebody else in a way that they deserved, and I knew that. So I've always been scared to go too far with somebody I care for because I knew there would come a day when I'd need to pick up and finish a painting for the next three months. That day is inevitable.
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If it's free, it's advice; if you pay for it, it's counseling; if you can use either one, it's a miracle.
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When life knocks you down, keep getting up.
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So most astronauts getting ready to lift off are excited and very anxious and worried about that explosion - because if something goes wrong in the first seconds of launch, there's not very much you can do.
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Everyone has something to sell. The greatest thing you can ever sell is an idea or talent.
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I'm high energy.
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Fossil fuels are - they're inherently centralized. And you need a lot of infrastructure to get them out, and you need a lot of infrastructure to transport it, as Obama was explaining in front of all that pipe, right? Whereas renewable energy is everywhere.
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When you're younger they always try to get you to do every ninny role that's going.
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When you take risks and things don't go your way, you can be heavily criticised by the media.
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The world can be very small. That's why you have to be very careful, whoever you meet.
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Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have.
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How well you eat and rest helps you analyse your energy reserves.
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If you represent everyone, in some ways you represent no one. You're un-owned.
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You can't get emotional about your work.
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People like to pigeonhole you. It's easier.
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If you feel like snacking, stock up on almonds, walnuts and cranberries.
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My roots are in stand-up, and stand-up is very freeing. There's no script involved; you just fly.
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When there's an authentic mystery, as opposed to just a question being asked, that's what makes you lean forward.
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You can't get more for less. You get what you pay for.
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Maybe people have no idea how much work is behind a picture. It can seem very effortless, but there is a lot of work. It's exactly like doing ballet. It's hours and hours, but when you go onstage, it's just the pleasure of dancing.
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I used to take that God's-eye view as a comfort when I was a child. I'd think, "Well, we couldn't find the world meaningful at all if it weren't for death." Of course, that is the smuggest and most intolerable of all perspectives because I'm not suffering from the death or the pain.
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When you get into statistical analysis, you don't really expect to achieve fame. Or to become an Internet meme. Or be parodied by 'The Onion' - or be the subject of a cartoon in 'The New Yorker.' I guess I'm kind of an outlier there.
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You don't choose who you sit next to in a theater. You sit in a theater, and there's an energy that happens.
