Donald Glover Quotes
Also, I realized a lot of kids are listening to me. Whether I want to be or not, they're looking up to me.
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My second-grade teacher went around the class and asked everybody what they were going to be when they grew up. I said, 'I want to travel the world,' and he said, 'You'll be married and pregnant by 21, just like all the girls in this room.'
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The only way to do is just to go for it, otherwise it ends up looking phoney.
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When I sing, people shut up.
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My dad grew up with an avocado tree in his backyard. My entire family, my wife and daughters, they love avocado. I may well be allergic. It makes me physically sick.
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When you watch the sitcoms that were the big hits when I was growing up, TV was still just TV. It was allowed to just be TV. There were three channels that were competing for the whole family and you couldn't take your business elsewhere.
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On one hand, we know that everything happens for a reason, and there are no mistakes or coincidences. On the other hand, we learn that we can never give up, knowing that with the right tools and energy, we can reverse any decree or karma. So, which is it? Let the Light decide, or never give up? The answer is: both.
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I brought in a yogurt master from Turkey. I went to Greece. I was always going back and forth, from New York to Turkey and Greece. The recipe we use has been around hundreds and hundreds of years. Growing up in Turkey, not a day would go by that we wouldn't eat yogurt like this.
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When you're warm and approachable, you don't have to go up and talk non-stop to someone in a social situation. You just have to be open to the conversations you're already having - and warm and receptive to the people you're meeting.
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Sport is an important part of the development of kids, and hence, it should be made a part of their curriculum.
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Triple 6 Mafia and Mystikal in Atlanta was one of my first shows. I remember how sweaty and smashed up everybody was, and it was so punk rock.
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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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What Alexander Graham Bell thought up occupied less space than a flower vase. Now it's so small that I have to search all my pockets to discover I've received a spam text.
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It's funny - I read that women look to chiseled-faced guys for one-night stands, and to round-faced guys for marriage. When I'm rounder in the face, I like to say, 'This is my long-term look.' Or 'This is my wife-and-kids look right here.'
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I grew up watching my mom and dad selling rooms in our motels. We had CEOs coming to our house so that my dad could persuade them to have their executives stay in Hyatt hotels.
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Things have always sort of happened for me. Something else always comes up.
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Last I checked, the album was #82 out of the top 200 on the Billboard charts thanks to you all. I pray that keeps moving up and with your help it will.
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Once you wake up and smell the coffee, it's hard to go back to sleep.
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Me being able to beat up Austin Powers? I mean, how great can that be?
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Sunshine came softly through my a-window todayCould've tripped out easy a-but I've a-changed my waysIt'll take time, I know it but in a whileYou're gonna be mine, I know it, we'll do it in style'Cause I made my mind up you're going to be mine.
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You have to be confident enough to pick yourself up and go to 30 meetings and be told no every time and not take that to heart.
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Were kind of in our own cocoon making it. Every once in a while you stick your head up for a second, and you just cant believe how successful the show has become.
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It is not worth an intelligent man's time to be in the majority. By definition, there are already enough people to do that.
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Every young male actor dreams of being James Bond in an action movie. And that's their first role. But the truth is, when it comes down to it, that's not relatable.
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Also, I realized a lot of kids are listening to me. Whether I want to be or not, they're looking up to me.
