Jaleel White Quotes
I learned to be on time because, otherwise, you could miss a major opportunity. Also, it's important to live a balanced life, stay healthy, and not waste your money on things like $8 lattes.
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I think when I first started acting there were different people who I thought, 'I want that person's career or that person's career.' And as time has gone on, it's become really clear to me what is important to me; getting the best roles, the roles that I feel are challenging and scary and that I haven't done yet.
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I think how Chicago plays a role in my life - it had such a role in my youth and the decisions that I made as a kid and formulated who I am as an artist early on.
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Money coming in says I've made the right marketing decisions.
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The most important of all rights is the right to life, and I cannot foresee a day when domesticated animals will be granted that right in law.
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One may walk over the highest mountain one step at a time.
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I love working with the Farrelly brothers. I'm a big fan and feel very lucky to have gotten to work with them a few times. One thing that I learned while working with them is that you have to keep your cell phone off when filming scenes, or you owe them a lot of money!
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I've done fine in this business, but I've never made quite enough money to have a family or have many options.
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If I wasn't dyslexic, I probably wouldn't have won the Games. If I had been a better reader, then that would have come easily, sports would have come easily... and I never would have realized that the way you get ahead in life is hard work.
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The variety of genes on the planet in viruses exceeds, or is likely to exceed, that in all of the rest of life combined.
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I took a lot of time to open myself up to taking chances musically.
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I've been angst-ridden all my life, but finally I'm in a place where things don't matter so much.
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Gospel music always relaxes me and calms my nerves.
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You can measure opportunity with the same yardstick that measures the risk involved. They go together.
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No one can be an artist without a rich inner life.
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I think it is very important for all actors to complete their studies side by side.
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Training a puppy is like raising a child. Every single interaction is a training opportunity.
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Marketing is more important than it has ever been. But I'm trying to tear the layers back and make it not so contrived. I think people just want entertainment.
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I've had faith my whole life that there was someone looking out for me, a spirit guide, a soul guide.
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I don't think I live the lifestyle that's expected of a quote unquote R&B artist. I'm just not that dude.
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What is defeat in life? It is not merely making a mistake; defeat means giving up on yourself in the midst of difficulty. What is true success in life? True success means winning in your battle with yourself. Those who persist in the pursuit of their dreams, no matter what the hurdles, are winners in life, for they have won over their weaknesses.
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If somebody sings a song that I wrote, I feel like it's a nice point of validation for the song, because it shows that the song is able to stand on its own. I like that.
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When I start to write, words have become physical presence. It was to see if I could bring that private world to life that found its first expression through reading. I really dislike the romantic notion of the artist.
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Unfortunately, or perhaps it is fortunate that I have always been forced to stand on my acting ability. I haven't a personality such as Jack Gilbert's, for instance, that attracts women and makes them like me for myself. When I am on the screen I must make them forget me entirely and think only of my acting.
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I learned to be on time because, otherwise, you could miss a major opportunity. Also, it's important to live a balanced life, stay healthy, and not waste your money on things like $8 lattes.
