John Boyega Quotes
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The bad news is, I have worked less than I have liked. The good news is, I can look back on my body of work and feel truly proud of the work I have done.
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In Holy Cross, I came to like school, to like studying in a way I had never done before.
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I find it quite boring when people do things that are very considered and thought through. I like things best when they're just done because they're fun or beautiful, or simply because they are what that one person wanted to do at that one time.
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Writing requires the concentration of the writer, demands that nothing else be done except that.
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I come from a world where you get the film done, that's a success.
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I'd previously done 'Expelled,' and that was more on the comedy side, so I really wanted to challenge myself and see if I could actually do a drama.
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The best job goes to the person who can get it done without passing the buck or coming back with excuses.
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I'd done 'Peter Pan' in a little pre-K class or whatever.
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At one point I thought changing my name might help with privacy, but that was before the Internet.
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To me, charity often is just about giving, because you're supposed to, or because it's what you've always done - or it's about giving until it hurts.
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If you attempt certain things at the right time, they are easy to accomplish - in fact, they almost get done by themselves. If you undertake them before the time is right, not only will they fail, but they will often become impossible to accomplish even when the time would have been right.
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The kind of people that all teams need are people who are humble, hungry, and smart: humble being little ego, focusing more on their teammates than on themselves. Hungry, meaning they have a strong work ethic, are determined to get things done, and contribute any way they can. Smart, meaning not intellectually smart but inner personally smart.
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Just about the entirety of the first album, 'Brown Sugar,' I wrote it, the majority of that record in my bedroom in Richmond. And all of the demos for it were done on a four-track in my bedroom. I think EMI was a little leery of me being in the studio producing it on my own, which is what I was fighting for.
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All the art for Tool is done by the me and the band.
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Yes, I've already done a couple of guest voices.
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It's pleasant and bothersome and embarrassing all at once. Especially when you haven't done much and are a celebrity.
Nastassja Kinski -
I am proud of having done what I've done. Very proud.
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We don't really see a lot of comedic moments in '24.' In fact, I haven't seen all of it, but from what I have seen, I don't know if I've ever laughed at anything that anyone has done on '24.'
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If you live in free countries, you don't have to spend all your life arguing about freedom because it is all around you. It seems redundant to make a lot of noise about something when, in fact, there it is. But if someone tries to remove it, it becomes important for you to formulate your own defenses of it.
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We often think our legacy will be our achievements. But often our legacy will be whether we set a moral standard.
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What happens with every role, you have to trick yourself, you have to creatively find ways to explore the mental state of your character.
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A lot of football success is in the mind. You must believe you are the best and then make sure that you are.
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The continual looking forward to the eternal world is not a form of escapism or wishful thinking, but one of the things a Christian is meant to do.
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All the films I've done have had a secret commentary on stereotypical mentalities.
