Matthew Arnold Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
I love the immediacy of an audience being there and reacting. I'm spoiled, having grown up in theater.
-
I can no longer walk in the street. That's over.
-
Hip-hop is rich in musical allusion. It takes something that already existed, respects it, and reuses it.
-
I'm very proud of my Nigerian heritage. I wasn't fortunate enough to be raised in a heavy Nigerian environment, because my parents were always working. My father was with D.C. Cabs and my mother worked in fast food and was a nurse.
-
As I moved to less and less diverse places in my life, I realized that white people don't talk about race amongst themselves!
-
I'd say that Spanish football is probably the best I've seen.
-
My favorite writers are all Jews - David, Solomon, Matthew, Mark - well, you get the picture.
-
The only people who never fail are those who never try.
-
My first audition happened to be for 'Kindergarten Cop,' and I took that role. I was only starting to learn English at that point. Spanish is my first language, so they made me a speaking character in the movie. I didn't really know I was shooting a movie. I was just having a lot of fun with 30 kids my own age.
-
The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps - we must step up the stairs.
-
I'd never read 'Lord of the Rings' until I was asked to play Gandalf, so I didn't really know it was a frightfully famous book.
-
I like structure, cool, hip songs, and fun, hooky music.
-
It's actually harder to write a fun song.
-
If I can sleep in until 9 A.M. - wow, what a luxury.
-
You want to come home to a nice firm bed with the corners tucked in so you start over, like each night is like a new night.
-
I think I owe it to myself to put my best effort forward and prove how good I can be.
-
In a democratic age, you can't buck demography - except through civil war.
-
I don't believe I could work as effectively at what I do without the support of my wife.
-
Without electricity, there can be no art.
-
We want to inspire everyone to recognize the positive social impact they can have if they choose to become technologists.
-
I doubt that art needed Ruskin any more than a moving train needs one of its passengers to shove it.
-
I don't think that any government has a right to subvert the truth or to cover up the truth, and all I see WikiLeaks doing is exposing the truth.
-
I love 'Call of Duty;' I'm a huge fan, but I started off with 'Medal of Honor' and I stuck with what I knew. I never got into the online play with people, across the world, across the country.
-
This truth-to prove, and make thine own: ‘Thou hast been, shalt be, art, alone.’
