Joe Morton Quotes
The argument for '12 Years a Slave' was that - yes, it's a beautiful film. Beautifully shot, beautifully acted. It's a real story, and these stories should be told. The problem is, if they're the only stories being told, then it makes Americans of African descent - it puts them into that victim category. And that was my problem with the movie.
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An alliance of civilisations can be our most powerful weapon in the fight against terror.
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It's no longer a question of staying healthy. It's a question of finding a sickness you like.
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I'm kind of a private person.
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If Clark Gable had a Facebook page, there would have been a 'Gone with the Wind 2.'
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I would love to have been around in the Keystone Studios days.
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Don't most of us agree that providing school meals to kids who need them is an overwhelmingly good thing? After all, nutrition is essential to proper cognitive development.
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News has become entertainment. Once that happens, a whole series of horrific events start to happen, whether it's the lack of dissemination of something that can inform you or something that actually negatively impacts society.
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There are times, especially when I was just getting into PC gaming, where I spent way less time playing than obsessing about the quality of the play.
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My approach to cricket has been reasonably simple: it was about giving everything to the team, it was about playing with dignity and it was about upholding the spirit of the game. I hope I have done some of that. I have failed at times, but I have never stopped trying. It is why I leave with sadness but also with pride.
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When people say to me 'what do you think of rap music?' my answer is there's no such thing. There's rap and there's music.
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Telling us to obey instinct is like telling us to obey 'people.' People say different things: so do instincts. Our instincts are at war... Each instinct, if you listen to it, will claim to be gratified at the expense of the rest.
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It may well be our brains are wired up to be slightly more optimistic than they should be.
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There are certainly talented instrumentalists coming from India. I see them performing all over the world.
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When George W. Bush entered office, the national debt was $5 trillion. When he left, it was $10 trillion. I think the administration spent too much money.
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I wasn't that hard. I wasn't that tough. I wasn't that funny – I looked like me.
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I write to please me, and I've been very lucky. It's like playing baseball. You just keep swinging, and eventually you get a hit.
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Carter's done a lot more good since he's been out of the White House than when he was in it.
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In order to be an image of God, the spirit must turn to what is eternal, hold it in spirit, keep it in memory, and by loving it, embrace it in the will.
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I took revenge on hardship from my earlier life by forgetting it.
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To me, nothing is more fascinating or theatrical than real life. These people are in dire situations, where something extreme has happened in their lives.
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I am super-comfortable with powerful women.
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I'm ultimately drawn to film many kinds of stories if they are sort of about unlocking the secrets of our human potential.
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Pride and vanity, the opposites of humility, can destroy our spiritual health as surely as a debilitating disease can destroy our physical health.
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The argument for '12 Years a Slave' was that - yes, it's a beautiful film. Beautifully shot, beautifully acted. It's a real story, and these stories should be told. The problem is, if they're the only stories being told, then it makes Americans of African descent - it puts them into that victim category. And that was my problem with the movie.
