Freddy Adu Quotes
My mom was always the supplier of soccer balls, and so people were always knocking on my door, and trying to get me out so we could play.
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I think downloading is both saving and killing the music industry at the same time.
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My comrades would call me a 'black capitalist.'
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I was never conscious that I was becoming an icon or I'm not an icon, because my family, my kids, my husband keep me down-to-earth.
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An idea can only be materialized with the help of a medium of expression, the inherent qualities of which must be surely sensed and understood in order to become the carrier of an idea.
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I do not consider myself beautiful.
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Community colleges are one of America's great social inventions a gateway to the future for first time students looking for an affordable college education, and for mid-career students looking to get ahead in the workplace.
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I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
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America's fine, nice, nice hiking near L.A. But I am European. I love London and Paris. Friends and intellect, big thought, why not?
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I really love acting, but I also really want to be a historian, so it's really confusing.
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I'm all over the place, and I consider myself a bit of a scrounger: 'What will I do next, so I'm not broke?'
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True character arises from a deeper well than religion.
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Kanye is the weirdest... He is the weirdest person I know other than me. I've told him that before.
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My films have been progressing towards a certain kind of minimalism, even though it was never intended. Elements which can be eliminated have been eliminated.
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After 'A Suitable Boy,' I didn't write anything, not even a short story. I thought to myself: 'I ought to start writing.' But I can never force myself to write.
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Truth, when not sought after, rarely comes to light.
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Those who go along get along.
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I can see myself always writing songs - but I'm not sure if I'll always want to perform.
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I have to be smart. You cannot be going in there, trying to go forward and pressure guys, and be taking damage and getting hurt on the way to doing it.
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If it's something quite low-key then I'll often do my own makeup. But for something like a premiere, it's good to have a makeup artist because they know what they're doing.
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I think in 'Escape Fire,' we really look at the military as a microcosm for the rest of America.
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I do my best work if I think about what it is I have to offer.
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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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Mistakes are the best teachers. One does not learn from success. It is desirable to learn vicariously from other people's failures, but it gets much more firmly seared in when they are your own.
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My mom was always the supplier of soccer balls, and so people were always knocking on my door, and trying to get me out so we could play.
