Josiah Alexander Sila (Joey Alexander) Quotes
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When you have that connection to say, 'I'm going to play for something bigger than myself,' man, you have a chance to do something good.
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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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A thief believes everybody steals.
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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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Time heals everything. Sometimes you have to go through that pain and heartbreak so that you can get to the other side and come out on top.
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Ministers should impress upon the people the necessity of individual effort. No church can flourish unless its members are workers. The people must lift where the ministers lift.
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I do films which get me out of my comedian routine so that I don't get bored being a stand-up comedian. And with films, it's here today, gone tomorrow. So stand-up comedy is here to stay for me.
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As I grow older, I just want to be a better musician, to play more.
