Derek Luke Quotes

I don't think people come to television for spectacle. And I don't really have a lot of fun writing spectacle for television, I'll do that in features.

Derek Luke

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• Unfortunately, there is still much to mine in this world and explore creatively.

  

  Taylor Sheridan
  • World
  • Explore
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• I don't think I've ever sent a text to Gordon Brown because I'm confident that he would absolutely have no idea how to receive it. He barely managed to master WordPerfect 4.1.

  

  Ed Balls
  • Think
  • Idea
  • Text

• Writers have an opinion about the world and offer arguments about the world. They should offer contemplation.

  

  Salman Rushdie
  • World
  • Opinion
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• When I started making movies, I was pretty young, and at the time I felt like there needed to be more confrontation in cinema - or I needed to make something more disruptive - so in the beginning, those movies were me wanting to play with the rules.

  

  Harmony Korine
  • Time
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• I will never support any tax increase on middle-income earners, ever... If you're not going to eliminate loopholes and exemptions, then I wouldn't support lowering rates.

  

  Adam Hasner
  • You
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• I'm not a sun person.

  

  Laura Prepon
  • Person
  • Sun

• I changed that system in Florida when I was the Speaker of the House - I was the Minority Leader; I saw for 16 years the way a power system works.

  

  Dan Webster
  • Power
  • House
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• I work legs, upper body, everything. Legs are very important. I do hang cleans and squats - I do primary exercises. Squats work over 60 percent of your muscle mass in your body. The hang cleans work on my explosive movement, which is essential for success.

  

  Larry Fitzgerald
  • Work
  • Important
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• The 77 cents that women make for every dollar men earn makes a real difference to our families - families stretching to make every dollar count.

  

  Barbara Mikulski
  • Men
  • Women
  • Real

• Marc if you want me to go to the bottom of the pool, I'll go there.

  

  Nancy O'Dell
  • Want
  • You
  • Me

• I put my thoughts in a book, which must mean I don't want anyone to read them.

  

  Karan Mahajan
  • Book
  • Want
  • Thoughts

• I don't know what other people are like, I haven't been able to crawl inside anybody else.

  

  Iris DeMent
  • People
  • Know
  • Inside

• To prosper and advance, the American business sector is going to need a financial system oriented toward business, not 'home ownership.'

  

  Edmund Phelps
  • Home
  • Business
  • American

• There are films you see that only reach your eyes. Then there are films that you can watch... that reach down to your throat, or reach your heart. 'In the Mood for Love,' though, reached all the way to my belly.

  

  Zhang Ziyi
  • Heart
  • Love
  • Eyes

• There are a lot of people who consider themselves 'spiritual,' but that can mean a lot of things to a lot of people. I don't really talk about it that often, because there's too much talk in the world. Especially with Christians, there's more proselytizing than there is actual living proof of it. That's kind of sad.

  

  Zachary Levi
  • People
  • World
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• I've seen the greatest actors in the world, transcendent talents, who can't find a home.

  

  Laura Linney
  • World
  • Home
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• I don't think the deficit of the country is a Republican issue or a Democratic issue. I think it's a country issue. I don't think worrying about the reindustrialization of America is a Republican or Democratic issue.

  

  Indra Nooyi
  • Country
  • America
  • Think

• Most interviewers are looking for a headline. They're not skilled. They're looking for shock value.

  

  Ice T
  • Value
  • Looking
  • Shock

• People just can't wrap their heads around two young black women in a major production.

  

  Laura Harrier
  • People
  • Women
  • Black

• I want the people of the Philippines to be happy, even if they have nothing.

  

  Manny Pacquiao
  • People
  • Happy
  • Be Happy

• I'm incredibly close to my family. I have two younger brothers; they're both artists and actors, and their work and the way they see the world inspires me.

  

  Tatiana Maslany
  • World
  • Work
  • Family

• My father taught me Basic and rudimentary C, I learned everything else on my own, including studying computational complexity on my own. That's more a function of my age than anything else though - back when I was in school there were hardly any programming classes.

  

  Bram Cohen
  • School
  • Age
  • Father

• I'm always playing a role, whether it's the role of the mayor, the role of a news anchor, or a role of a crazy talk-show host. But there was a specific function. 'On Dancing With The Stars', I had nothing to do but be me, schlepping around the floor. And when I host 'America's Got Talent', that's really me just talking to regular folks.

  

  Jerry Springer
  • America
  • Crazy
  • Anchor

• I don't think people come to television for spectacle. And I don't really have a lot of fun writing spectacle for television, I'll do that in features.

  

  Derek Luke
  • People
  • Writing
  • Fun