NeNe Leakes (Linnethia Monique "NeNe" Leakes) Quotes
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I was king of the mountain for a long time, well, I don't want that no more. I like to perform every once in a while for people who want to see me, and cut albums of music that is what I'm really about.
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This is where young players today want to land. They want to be NBA players because of the money.
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I decided I ought to pick a project that would not be controversial, that would not really cost the government a lot of money.
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The humanities need to be defended today against the encroachments of physical science, as they once needed to be against the encroachment of theology.
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I am a professional photographer because it is the best way I know to earn the money I require to take care of my wife and children.
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A tendency to focus on art over business has meant that too many designers have failed to make the most of their critical acclaim.
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The most difficult story that I've ever been involved in breaking on any of my shows was 'The Constant' episode of 'Lost,' which was when Desmond was consciousness-traveling.
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Even the great bad guys in cinema history, they're likable.
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Running is what keeps my weight down. I have to stay active or I could easily gain weight.
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What if there was a library which held every book? Not every book on sale, or every important book, or even every book in English, but simply every book - a key part of our planet's cultural legacy.
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I love what I'm doing most of the time, but it's hard work. People only see your albums in the charts. They see us at award shows and after-show parties. They don't know about your doubts, the hard work that goes in.
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Many kids, particularly in lower-income families, would actually benefit from more structured activities. Plenty of children, especially teenagers, thrive on a busy schedule. But just as other trappings of modern childhood, from homework to technology, are subject to the law of diminishing returns, there is a danger of overscheduling the young.
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My very first job was a cashier at Burger King in Tucson, Arizona. And I occasionally worked the drive-thru. I'd go wherever I was needed! My second job was at Dairy Queen. I stayed in the fast food royalty.
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I was never interested in becoming an actor. I was directing videos. I was never into acting. I was into shooting music videos. I've only ever been behind the camera. Never in front of it.
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What I love about 'Midnight Train' is that it's a song about a journey, but the music actually takes you on that journey. It feels like you're moving through the whole song.
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I have always liked a challenge.
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I had people in 'Entertainment Weekly' talking about how they wanted to throttle me because they thought I was too disgustingly cute, as if that were my fault, you know, as if that was my fault, not the fault of directors and producers and such.
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I've always been conservative. I was born that way.
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I've always been pretty serious and introspective.
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Doing an animation is nothing like anything you could ever experience. You get to be a kid again and just play dress up in a movie studio.
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Everybody who does anything for the public can be criticized. There's always someone who doesn't like it.
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It would be a dream come true to appear on Turner Classic Movies with Robert Osborne, who is one of my heroes.
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I'm for all kinds of gay rights. I'm almost like a gay man myself.
