Matthew Arnold Quotes
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I love the immediacy of an audience being there and reacting. I'm spoiled, having grown up in theater.
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I can no longer walk in the street. That's over.
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Hip-hop is rich in musical allusion. It takes something that already existed, respects it, and reuses it.
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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.
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As I moved to less and less diverse places in my life, I realized that white people don't talk about race amongst themselves!
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I'd say that Spanish football is probably the best I've seen.
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My favorite writers are all Jews - David, Solomon, Matthew, Mark - well, you get the picture.
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Most of Google's home technologies have failed to catch on in a major way.
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The only people who never fail are those who never try.
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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.
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The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps - we must step up the stairs.
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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.
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I like structure, cool, hip songs, and fun, hooky music.
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It's actually harder to write a fun song.
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If I can sleep in until 9 A.M. - wow, what a luxury.
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Beauty is only skin deep, but it's a valuable asset if you're poor or haven't any sense.
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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.
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I think I owe it to myself to put my best effort forward and prove how good I can be.
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I did my best, it wasn't much I couldn't feel, so I tried to touch I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool you. And even though it all went wrong I'll stand before the Lord of Song With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah.
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Dance is an ephemeral, a fleeting art. To describe this momentum, every movement on stage, in words is virtually impossible.
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I had a fan make me a silver wolf-tooth necklace. That was really great.
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I'm not tryin' to come off as the best lyricist.
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For fast acting relief, try slowing down.
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This truth-to prove, and make thine own: ‘Thou hast been, shalt be, art, alone.’
