John Edgar Wideman Quotes
For African-American people, I am in the business of inventing a reality that gives a different perspective - on history, on crime, on art, on love.
Quotes to Explore
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Over the years I have learned that what is important in a dress is the woman who is wearing it.
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It sounds kind of stupid, but I've never not wanted to be a musician. It's been inside me since I was little so I don't know what else I would do.
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All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.
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A stronger yuan could lead to greater Chinese asset accumulation in the U.S. and elsewhere.
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I sound like a chain-smoking drag queen after a hard night of singing 'Tie a Yellow Ribbon'.
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I've lived in New York for 40 years. I came right after college.
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I even lived on campus to get the college experience. I had five roommates and I still keep in touch with them while I'm on the road.
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Home is where your rump rests.
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I'm learning Spanish - I got Rosetta Stone for Christmas.
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The air of ideas is the only air worth breathing.
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My heart is in independent film-making. For me, it's where the fun, gritty storytelling is being told.
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God is the King. In him exists all legal authority.
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We who follow the Honorable Elijah Muhammad feel that when you try and pass integration laws here in America, forcing white people to pretend that they are accepting black people, what you are doing is making white people act in a hypocritical way.
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When I was 11, I decided to start rapping, playing guitar, and writing songs. Everything really blossomed from there.
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I won't name any names, but I've done a couple of shows where once the pilot got picked up, the creators openly said, 'I have no idea where we're going.'
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I'm obsessed with those old romance films. I also would love to venture into the silent film world. I think that's extremely compelling and interesting and really relies on the acting, even more so than when you have an actor speaking.
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I think when you've got a passion for something, it comes out of you, and people can feel it. Then your mind is so geared towards that and how you can improve on it, and you're so excited about performing that it comes together.
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It's common in rural Ireland to pick up a nickname that relates to an animal, bird, or a spider. Mine became 'scorpion' because I fought back, and scorpions are docile creatures until pushed too far.
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I never for a moment considered not doing the show. When I did the show I became very emotional. Some of the lyrics suddenly took on an entirely different meaning. Words like, 'as if we never said goodbye' became more real.
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If your work doesn't speak to people, it's beyond comprehension and risible, but if people engage with it, you become tarred with the brush of populism.
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I loved 'The Artist.' I thought it was fantastic.
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The act of saying what you do helps shape you as an artist.
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For African-American people, I am in the business of inventing a reality that gives a different perspective - on history, on crime, on art, on love.
