L.A. Reid Quotes
I'm not a good Samaritan, I'm a businessman... The goal is to read and react. If we sign an artist that has potential for a shelf life way out in the distance, then we'll stay. But if not, then we won't.
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You've really got to start hitting the books because it's no joke out here.
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We hope the stories of the 14 kids in 'American High' provide something for many people to relate to.
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I shall have a beautiful dream tonight. I also wish everyone to have a beautiful dream.
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It is easy to get an interesting loop to happen, but it becomes a collage when the song and loop are constantly changing.
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Satan, the leader or dictator of devils, is the opposite, not of God, but of Michael.
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Gospel music rhythms are not African in origin, although I know that's what the jazz experts say.
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I was never really acting. I was not taking it seriously. Acting was very much a hobby for me. It wasn't really until I was finishing college and doing it sporadically that I began to take it seriously.
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If I could only give three words of advice, they would be, 'Tell the truth.' If I got three more words, I'd add, 'All the time.'
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I don't know, a lot of people go crazy about 'Breaking Bad,' but I don't like the soap opera aspect of it and only following one character. I like the context to all of it, all the pieces, like 'The Wire.' It's more about the state of things; it's not about the narrative of a person.
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Husbands and wives, first be faithful to each other. Second, keep the romance going all of your life by courting each other every day.
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English football is so physical and fast that when you see a space, you have to go into it with all your speed.
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My films have been progressing towards a certain kind of minimalism, even though it was never intended. Elements which can be eliminated have been eliminated.
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I was happy to be with my parents. I didn't see very much of them, so I was very happy when my father was there and out of jail.
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Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.
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I am not the kind of leader who pontificates about what should be done - I don't operate on scenarios, and I am not a prophet.
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The constitution is itself the product of the freedom struggle.
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It costs a great deal of money to do a musical, and the more money involved, the more big business influences the artform.
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I can relate to pushing yourself because you want to help and move culture toward justice.
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My career has been a gradual climb. I think that's part of the reason why I've had longevity.
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To live coram Deo is to live one’s entire life in the presence of God, under the authority of God, to the glory of God.
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... a supportive husband is an absolute requirement for professional women.... He is something she looks for, and when she finds him, she marries him.
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If I could have anyone on speed dial it would be George Clooney. He seems like a cool guy who would give good advice.
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The principle we call self-love never seeks anything external for the sake of the thing, but only as a means of happiness or good: particular affections rest in the external things themselves.
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I'm not a good Samaritan, I'm a businessman... The goal is to read and react. If we sign an artist that has potential for a shelf life way out in the distance, then we'll stay. But if not, then we won't.
