Josiah Alexander Sila (Joey Alexander) Quotes
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Particularly with the blues, it's not just about bad times. It's about the healing spirit.
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I worked at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, lived there for three years, and lived in Baltimore for 12 years.
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I love working in America, I love being part of the industry out here.
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She missed him the days when some pretext served to take him away from her, just as one misses the sun on a cloudy day without having thought much about the sun when it was shining.
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To have courage for whatever comes in life - everything lies in that.
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The factory of the future will have only two employees, a man and a dog. The man will be there to feed the dog. The dog will be there to keep the man from touching the equipment.
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Politics are usually the executive expression of human immaturity.
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In Malaysia, we have a lot of divas, like Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey singers. And they were all so so talented, just very talented. For example, there's this one jazz singer, her name is Sheila Majid, and I was always singing her songs.
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Fairytales were never really meant for children; they were meant as cautionary tales for teenagers on the verge of growing up.
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When people are very damaged, they can often meet the world with a kind of defiance.
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The film I do doesn't have to be a film that only my kids can watch. My kids will watch films, but I will decide what they watch and not. My aim is to play different characters and not be stuck in a mould. Just because you are a mom and a wife doesn't meant you have to play those roles, even in films.
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You have to be forward-moving and able to balance a lot of things at the same time. I attribute a lot of that to the Marine Corps and Juilliard both.
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If there is anybody in this land who thoroughly believes that the meek shall inherit the earth they have not often let their presence be known.
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Measure what is measurable, and make measurable what is not so.
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Let's say there are things about 'G.I. Joe' that you specifically expect and some things that need to be in the film at certain points, whether it be relationships or certain costume aspects.
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I don't go on tour tours - I just go randomly to cities to do shows if I have an opening in my schedule.
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When I feel comfortable, I just like to sing and hum, and I don't even know I'm doing it. But sometimes someone will come over to me like, 'I love that song you were singing, but it's distracting.'
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There is nothing so difficult to marry as a large nose.
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The world must know that America holds to the highest standards of military conduct and human rights protections. Anything less is unacceptable.
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I think one of the things people don't understand is we can build more shareholder value by lowering product prices than we can by trying to raise margins. It's a more patient approach, but we think it leads to a stronger, healthier company. It also serves customers much, much better.
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I know who I am and I've always been comfortable in my own skin.
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Some New York bands you'll see rocking Ones or Dunks and things like that, but it is weird that the sneakerhead thing has become so massive. Personally, I think it's really silly.
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Confident because of our caution.
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As I grow older, I just want to be a better musician, to play more.
