Bryson Tiller Quotes
Maybe I was just born with a little bit of vocals or natural talent, but I feel like I taught myself.
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High fashion has become representative of stability in unstable places; that allows you to have a voice in the world stage.
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I like collaboration because, first of all, I'm good at writing lyrics. I don't know how to make beats. I don't play instruments. I'm not a good singer. So even when you see a solo album of mine, it's still a collaboration.
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'The Ecologist' has lost money from the day it was launched in 1970, and will continue until the last edition is printed. It was never set up as a business venture. It was set up as a campaign, and like all good campaigns, it costs. Its various backers have, over the years, been happy to pay that cost.
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I wouldn't swap the era I competed in for anything, not a day of it. I started out as an amateur, and people like myself, Seb Coe, Steve Ovett, Steve Cram, Tessa Sanderson and the rest did it for the glory of winning medals for our country.
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A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles.
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My mission in life is to preserve craftsmanship.
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Great French design is often about unexpected touches.
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I grew up dancing my whole life, and I always kind of perceived that's what I would do professionally. But when I caught the acting bug, I knew I needed to go with no turning back.
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I guess the most seminal moment going early way back was my father died when I was 3 years old. I was raised by my grandparents, and my mother went back and got a degree.
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Men are taught that if we are not the ultimate provider, we are a complete failure. We have to be number one in everything we do. There is nothing more delusional or paralysing than what I have just described.
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I weave the company into what we laughingly call 'Jack's novel.' I write this novel for them about who they are and what's going on in their world. When I had 90 people in 'Porgy and Bess,' each had a story, history and family relationship.
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Each time you do a film you gain a lot of experience and build a visual resume where people get to know who you are.
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I'm not sad about any of my life. It's so unconventional. It doesn't look anything like I thought it would.
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All treaties between great states cease to be binding when they come in conflict with the struggle for existence.
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A special kind of beauty exists which is born in language, of language, and for language.
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Being a musician and artist can feel superficial at times - you talk about yourself every day and pose for photos for the magazines and newspapers, and it can be very tiring for your well-being.
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As I got more involved in music, one of the things that made me excited, from the time I was a child, was that clear link between our ancestors and the sounds we hear today.
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I constantly compare myself to artists who have, like, 10 times the budget I do. My mind is the biggest challenge, honestly.
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When we are self-conscious, we cannot be wholly aware; we must throw ourselves out first. This throwing ourselves away is the act of creativity. So, when we wholly concentrate, like a child in play, or an artist at work, then we share in the act of creating. We not only escape time, we escape our self-conscious selves.
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Remember that work is not a place for self-fulfillment. If it were, you would know it.
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I'm always worried that lipstick is on my teeth or caked in the corners of my mouth.
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I'm hungry. Always have been, my whole career.
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Maybe I was just born with a little bit of vocals or natural talent, but I feel like I taught myself.
