Jim Kelly Quotes
I did not start hunting until later in life. When I was a kid growing up in Pennsylvania, my dad worked at a steel mill, and we didn't have the means to buy guns or take off and go hunting. But I loved being outdoors. I built tree stands and ground blinds in the woods and pretended that I was hunting.
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Speakers who talk about what life has taught them never fail to keep the attention of their listeners.
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When I show a film at a festival, I am showing myself. Everything is at stake for me.
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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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The Epistle to the Romans is an extremely important synthesis of the whole theology of St. Paul.
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I play-acted and started performing, which just logically led to doing it in school, which led to studying it in college, which led to auditioning to the showcase in New York. And then I had an agent, and I was an actress.
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The words of truth are always paradoxical.
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I motivate others by making sure that they understand to go after their dreams and don't let anyone tell you you can't. If you are motivated enough and put the work in that you can achieve anything in life that you set your mind to.
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I came to acting in a very circuitous way.
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I think I'm much too earnest to be as cool as 'Boyd Crowder'.
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All true happiness, pure joy, sweet bounties, and unclouded pleasure are contained within the knowledge and love of God.
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Clothes are designed for the media, because it's a great show.
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I once interviewed my grandma for a class project about the Second World War. After 70 years filled with marriage, children, grandchildren, death, poverty and triumph, the thing about which she was unquestionably the proudest and most excited was that she and her family did their part during the war.
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Part of spiritual and emotional maturity is recognizing that it's not like you're going to try to fix yourself and become a different person. You remain the same person, but you become awakened.
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The fact is, it's hard to release movies.
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Intimacy is something to be cherished, and intimacy is not something to be afraid of.
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I really hate drama. It's draining; it's mentally draining. It's a waste of time.
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Acting is an aesthetic career, which is annoying.
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What higher art does is to invite us in and allow us to make decisions.
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There is no black-and-white situation. It's all part of life. Highs, lows, middles.
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Most filmmakers aren't very interested in history. They worry constantly that people will be bored.
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My nickname for my mom was 'The Compass.'
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If we seek things that are virtuous and lovely, we surely will find them. Conversely, if we seek for evil, we will find that also.
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I did not start hunting until later in life. When I was a kid growing up in Pennsylvania, my dad worked at a steel mill, and we didn't have the means to buy guns or take off and go hunting. But I loved being outdoors. I built tree stands and ground blinds in the woods and pretended that I was hunting.
