Nate Parker Quotes
I coach a high school wrestling team and a middle school team. I consider myself a coach and an activist, so I'm really involved in the community.
Quotes to Explore
-
A long life in journalism convinced me many presidents ago that there should be a large air space between a journalist and the head of a state.
-
Cooperation and collaboration among nations and countries can help in the process of development of promoting welfare as well as bringing peace and stability.
-
I want to be an animated character. I'm also doing more writing and directing.
-
The Japanese version comes with a translation, but that's different from the lyrics, so people could look things up and find a translation of their own if they're interested.
-
I am writing a book called 'The History of Australia in Hundred Objects.' It's of things we have invented in Australia. And you know, some of them are amazing. We invented the clapper boards used in films. We invented those cranes - those big long cranes used on construction sites.
-
The idea of going on tour for the rest of my life with old works is not that exciting. As an artist I definitely think the work in future is going to be better than the work in the past, otherwise why do it?
-
We don't need to bring down the rich folk to help the poor.
-
If I'm trying to rebound after a bad hole, I just go back to tempo and process and rhythm, and I cling to my routine.
-
I understand acting and I understand actors. I don't really understand the world of celebrity. That's just bizarre. Those sorts of elements I'm at sea with.
-
I really don't see a reason why you wouldn't want to have a relationship with Jesus Christ. I mean, not only was He the greatest human being to ever walk the earth, He's everything that I want to strive for. He's everything that anyone should ever want to strive for.
-
On some level, I think we want our reading self to represent our best self.
-
English history is all about men liking their fathers, and American history is all about men hating their fathers and trying to burn down everything they ever did.
-
I have yet to see a drama that puts forward women who are successful and also have a family... they are nearly always seen as victims.
-
My favorite thing is to have a big dinner with friends and talk about life.
-
In Shakespeare, unique individuals repudiate the stereotypes demanded by the structure of the play: Shylock commands our sympathy, Barnardine refuses to be hanged. Individuals trump the category.
-
I learned that kids in show business are so different from regular, average students. They would gather behind you and help you to succeed in any way possible.
-
If we want to recruit and retain high-quality teachers, it starts with a fair wage, adequate working conditions, and the resources and support to succeed. Remember: teachers' working conditions are students' learning conditions.
-
We happen to be the vanguard of that revolutionary struggle because we are the most dispossessed.
-
I took the first James Kelman novel, 'The Bus Conductor Hines', home to my dad. I thought, 'My dad will like this; it's written in Scots.' But my dad said: 'I can't read that.' He was reading James Bond and John le Carre. That was part of what attracted me to crime - the idea of getting a wide audience.
-
I have no animus toward digital, though I still pretty much take everything on a silver-based negative, either a wet plate or just regular silver 8x10. But I've started messing a little bit with scanning the negative and then reworking it just slightly.
-
The producers felt that 24 would be good for the audience, to really get to know who these 12 and 12 are.
-
I follow a simple formula when I compose. I ask myself, 'What would the audience want to hear?' and 'Why would they buy my CDs?' And the process of answering these questions through music follows. Sometimes, it works. Sometimes, it backfires.
-
I'm proud to be part of any Olympic team.
-
I coach a high school wrestling team and a middle school team. I consider myself a coach and an activist, so I'm really involved in the community.
