Donald Glover Quotes
They say my public persona don't have enough appeal, I take a lesson from Kanye and give 'em something real.
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I struggle if I have chaos around me, but at the same time, if I don't have it, I'm uncomfortable. It's a strange thing: If I don't have chaos, I create it.
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After I left college, I went to work at the Royal Opera House in London, which became a real catalyst for me because it made me realize that I was interested in cinema and in the way life is thrust at you. So I started making films.
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I needed an opportunity to get back in the studio and get my recording chops back together.
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As the mother of two daughters, I have great respect for women. And I don't ever want to lose that.
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I am often critical of Israel's policies when in the country, but then feel defensive of them when overseas.
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I wanted to define the vocabulary of a wedding both visually and intellectually. The book is about more than weddings or wedding dresses. It's a metaphor for women's lives, their creativity.
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There must be a goal at every stage of life! There must be a goal!
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My interest in magic was kindled by Steve Martin, the comedian I'd gone to high school with.
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Now an infinite happiness cannot be purchased by any price less than that which is infinite in value; and infinity of merit can only result from a nature that is infinitely divine or perfect.
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I was 6, and I was in the opera 'Carmen.' My dad sang opera and got me into the children's chorus. I was super fat at the time and didn't make eye contact with anyone. I knew I loved acting ever since.
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When the soul, through its own fault... becomes rooted in a pool of pitch-black, evil smelling water, it produces nothing but misery and filth.
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The fact is, Latinos now own their own lives and I believe they can afford to look back without judgment.
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Bruckner's Eighth is a colossus.
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Writing is not a matter of choice. Writers have to write. It is somehow in their temperament, in the blood, in tradition.
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Honestly, I find writing to be a very lonely job.
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To put it simply and a bit crudely: Our economy is demanding more well-educated workers than our schools are providing. To attract this scarce resource, communities have to offer more than just jobs.
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I am capable of much more. I guess every artist feels that way. If you are satisfied, you begin to stagnate. I want to grow as an actress every day. There are so many things you can learn, and you can improve upon your skills and abilities every day.
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Music has a tremendous effect on me. When it's playing, I can't think or do anything other than listen. But I can write to it.
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A beautiful woman, Simone Weil said, seeing herself in the mirror, knows "This is I." An ugly woman knows with equal certainty, "This is not I." Maud knew this neat division represented an over-simplification. The doll-mask she saw had nothing to do with her, nothing.
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It is only the sacred things that are worth touching.
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Prior to my father's death, I was having a hard time committing to a career as an artist, but that's not because of who he was - it was because of who I am. It's true, though, that I felt I shouldn't compete with him, and that those feelings went away after he died.
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It's okay to love something a little too much,as long as it's real to you.
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Growing up, I realized as an actor I had to figure out how to use my platform in order to give back as well and use that spotlight to shine, or at least to balance that light and to try to shine light onto the other issues that were happening in the world.
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They say my public persona don't have enough appeal, I take a lesson from Kanye and give 'em something real.
