Donald Glover Quotes
Bright lights, they tend to burn out fast. So I shine bright, but I'm scared that it won't last.
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I think any form of self-expression is half confidence, half sheer hard work and, maybe, a bit of talent thrown in.
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It's an error in judgment to bounce into starting a small business before you cash in on building a strong foundation.
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It's very hard to live in an environment where you're reminded, constantly told that your existence just happens to be here... That you are not meant to be here.
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My dad's paternal grandparents were musically inclined. And I remember as a little kid going to visit them in their senior building, and they were, like, the stars of the building, especially hosting and performing in their senior talent show.
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I would love to do a film with a lot of humor in it: a comedy with pain instead of a painful film with some comedy.
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A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.
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Can I eventually take classes and eliminate my accent? Sure. I guess anybody could. But this is who I am, and this is what I got. And there are millions of people who sound just like me. Millions. It's not like this is some novelty.
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As long as the dollar remains in high esteem as a trade currency, America can continue to spend more than it earns. But when the day arrives - as it certainly must - when the dollar tumbles and foreigners no longer want it, the free ride will be over.
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There's something extremely bizarre about the way people consume media now.
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I've always been quite a happy person, but when I'm low, I'm pretty darn low.
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We do not need more intellectual power, we need more spiritual power. We do not need more of the things that are seen, we need more of the things that are unseen.
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The word 'leukemia' is a very frightening word. In many instances, it's a killer and it's something that you have to deal with in a very serious and determined way if you're going to beat it.
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Publicity's a cancer. It eats out a man - till there's nothing but a shell left.
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Harry Potter to me is a bore. His talent arrives as a gift; he's chosen. Who can identify with that? But Hermione - she's working harder than anyone, she's half outsider, right? Half Muggle. She shouldn't be there at all. It's so unfair that Harry's the star of the books, given how hard she worked to get her powers.
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I don't go, 'I'm in the papers all the time,' because there are loads of people in the papers all the time. Sometimes I'm still like, 'Ooh, look- there's me!' I'm never like, 'Wow, look at me on the bus.' You have to be a bit grounded about things like that.
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Everyone who achieves success in a great venture, solves each problem as they came to it. They helped themselves. And they were helped through powers known and unknown to them at the time they set out on their voyage. They keep going regardless of the obstacles they met.
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'Twin Peaks' without David Lynch is like a dog without a bark.
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At home it's all Batman and Star Wars and they do gang up on me. Sometimes I don't want to dress up as Darth Vader or play train sets, so I'll go out for a drink with the girls.
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Great drama is all about conflict, and what's a better conflict than Republican-Democrat?
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I thank you all and here dismiss you all, and to the love and favor of my country commit myself, my person, and the cause.
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For the last 30-plus years, I have been doing one long, uninterrupted improv.
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Bright lights, they tend to burn out fast. So I shine bright, but I'm scared that it won't last.
