Yusef Komunyakaa Quotes
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I'm a freestyle creative entrepreneur. Not a businessman. I like to create ventures in which creativity stands at the centre.
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It is one of the primary motives of modern art that it wants to abolish the distance which the viewer, the consumer, the audience maintain vis-a-vis a work of art.
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When we come to understand nature, we are touching the most deep and most important parts of ourself.
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I lived in America for a long time before I started working as an actor. Some actors show up on set and have never done an American accent before, so they rely on a slew of technical mechanisms. Part of what makes an accent is understanding why people speak that way - you have to understand the culture.
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My greatest regret is selling my company.
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I believe nobody is stronger than the state. So the state would be strong, and we have to work altogether to make the strength of the state.
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In terms of 'Seinfeld', I think there's lot of reality in a show that's supposed to be about nothing.
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It's the rich you can terrorize. The poor have nothing to lose.
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Of all that is good, sublimity is supreme. Succeeding is the coming together of all that is beautiful. Furtherance is the agreement of all that is just. Perseverance is the foundation of all actions.
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I love 'The Wire;' that's my favorite show, so I'll watch that.
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The mere fact that so many continue to rise, year after year, out of just such conditions as you may think are fatal to your advancement, ought to convince you that you also can conquer your environment.
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At times, training at home is a distraction, so training in Big Bear was a really good change.
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On stage, you can use your emotions. It's the place where you can channel them. They have a purpose.
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When I was in high school, I was doing all the plays. My drama teacher, Melody Duggan, was the one one who first made me do stand-up. She's the origin of the whole thing; it's all her. In high school in Denver, that was kind of the beginning of it all.
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I can't wait to meet Jennifer Hudson, Tamyra Gray, George Huff, Ruben Studdard, and I love me some Clay Aiken.
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You can hit as many revolutions as you want, but women are always going to wear uncomfortable shoes that look good.
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Some people like having eyes upon them and I don't.
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It's sort of like, our bodies are designed to keep moving, and when we don't move it, we're not going to feel great.
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All I need is a camera and I'll make things happen.
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I love playing with form. I love playing with sounds... I love music, and I love writing that has a musicality to it.
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Being an actress isn't as fun as it may seem. If I don't love something, I stop doing it. I don't love acting anymore, so I've stopped doing it.
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Diversity is about all of us, and about us having to figure out how to walk through this world together.
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I am the product of hustlers who taught me how to do it. They gave me a hustler's ambition. Not a bad thing to get from your parents. But hustling only gets you so far. You have to trust yourself. And you have to be ready to fall on your face and be okay when it happens.
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We have to embrace the good over the bad. That has to be one's personal project.
