John Corey Whaley Quotes
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I'm not a fan of any genre but am a fan of movies that are intelligent and/or funny. That goes across all genres: a horror movie, a zombie movie, alien invaders, chick flick, or raunchy comedy. If it's well done, I'm a fan.
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I'm the C.E.O., nominated by the shareholders. If they're not happy, I have to take the consequences.
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New Year's Eve, we're going to be doing a concert with the Philadelphia Orchestra in Symphony Hall. It makes me feel good, because of all the people they could have had, they wanted me! We do have to do a little work with the rhythm section.
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As long as I am nothing but a ghost of the civil dead, I can do nothing.
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Every teenager and everybody around the ages from 10 to 18 has to go through finding out who they are.
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Before being a player, I was a diehard fan of Roma, so I know what the fans felt when we won.
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I try and sit on the fence because as soon as you voice any kind of opinion, people begin to think you're an idiot.
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Never count on the crowd to take care of you.
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I don't look like a white woman. I look Somali.
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Broccoli gets such a bad rap. This is perplexing to those of us who love that green, treelike, stalky vegetable.
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If your access to health care involves your leaving work and driving somewhere and parking and waiting for a long time, that's not going to promote healthiness.
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I started traveling by myself as early as 5 to see my dad. I'd go to Toronto or Los Angeles, depending on what show he was doing, but most often New York, and we would hang out, and he'd take me to museums and Broadway plays. The ones that had the biggest impact on me were the George C. Wolfe productions.
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Black women as a group have never been fools. We couldn't afford to be.
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I do tell people when I'm walking down the street that they should really rethink their whole outfit.
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ABBA: The Movie; I got a lot of grief for working on that.
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I'm looking to expand my portfolio while I'm on top and while I'm young.
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This is God's world, not Satan's. Christians are the lawful heirs, not non-Christians.
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Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.
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I have made a promise to myself that I will have no limitations as an actor. I have realised I have to pay attention to the commercials or the business aspect of cinema, but deep inside, I am purely an artiste.
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So begins a question which has of late become more and more urgent: what is the relation of aesthetics to politics?
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I understand the feelings of critics asked to come up with the ten best films of any year, who say, Ten? Ten's a lot! - and those more generous spirits whose thumbs grow as long as Pinocchio's nose from overrating a lot of pictures, because they want the medium to do well, and because they'd like to feel good about it.
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There is a way to look at the past. Don't hide from it. It will not catch you if you don't repeat it.
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The only risk we run is by doing nothing.
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I'm a huge 'Game of Thrones' fan.
