Nate Parker Quotes
We all serve a purpose. My purpose isn't to be rejected. My purpose isn't to think small or to be introverted. This door closed is literally pushing me to the next door.
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My beliefs will run through everything I do. My beliefs, my values are my anchor and when people try to drag me, as I know they will, it is to that sense of right and wrong, that sense of who I am and what I believe, to which I will always hold.
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Not really, drums found me, I just liked music, all kinds of music.
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I have to tell you, I'm proudest of my life off the court. There will always be great basketball players who bounce that little round ball, but my proudest moments are affecting people's lives, effecting change, being a role model in the community.
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He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.
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When people refer to 'Back in the Day,' it was a Wednesday. Just a little fun fact for you.
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It's just someone has labelled us as having a different label to do what you do. I find that labels are the worst thing in the world for artistic expression.
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For writers and artists, it's always a balancing act between wanting to be the center of attention and wanting to be invisible and watch what's going on.
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Life can be a bore if you're constantly walking sidewalks instead of a tightrope once in a while.
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I just wanted to rollerblade at Union Square.
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One of the recent love stories I enjoyed was Bhaskar's 'Bommarillu.'
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Laws are to be enforced justly but firmly, with an iron hand. This is the case anywhere, even in a family.
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But I think boys ultimately are easier than girls.
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Love is dangerous; it's not something to be trifled with. As good as it feels on the way in, it feels that much worse on the way out.
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When I was young, no one got married. Now, all the young people, they want to get married, they want security. Now that my children's friends are getting married, I go to more weddings than I ever did when I was young.
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We made more money feeding molasses, urea, and corn cobs to cattle than we ever did feeding dent corn.
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I've always been motivated to stop people from doing dysfunctional things.
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People always say that you can't please everybody. I think that's a cop-out. Why not attempt it? 'Cause think of all the people you will please if you try.
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You can't play a guy who's just a snake, because what do you draw on?
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My general idea of the world is that I'm not different at all because I'm a girl. So I get blindsided sometimes because I forget that that's a thing.
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It may almost be a question whether such wisdom as many of us have in our mature years has not come from the dying out of the power of temptation, rather than as the results of thought and resolution.
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I was always a character actor, basically, that sometimes looks like a leading man.
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To have ego means to believe in your own strength. And to also be open to other people's views. It is to be open, not closed. So, yes, my ego is big, but it's also very small in some areas. My ego is responsible for my doing what I do - bad or good.
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Babies are like the smallest, drunkest people you know.
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We all serve a purpose. My purpose isn't to be rejected. My purpose isn't to think small or to be introverted. This door closed is literally pushing me to the next door.
