George A. Romero Quotes
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I was drawn to things I thought were either sexy or aggressive - or both.
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The American Dream is that any man or woman, despite of his or her background, can change their circumstances and rise as high as they are willing to work.
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No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned... a man in a jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company.
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Those differences are what color the performance, but in the movies you don't get a chance to rehearse.
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Fairy tales are stories of triumph and transformation and true love, all things I fervently believe in.
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I'm lucky to be married to someone who entirely gets what I do. She is totally sympathetic to the actor's life. Her own mother was an actress, so she sort of grew up with it.
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There was a certain feeling I developed as a young person for black people. Somehow they were able to get pleasure out of things that I couldn't see them enjoying. I heard them sing a lot, and I didn't hear white folks going down the cotton rows singing that much.
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My face changes when I wear make-up; I don't recognise myself.
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From a relationship perspective, givers build deeper and broader connections.
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We owe our success to them, and also to the fact that, as the saying goes, two 'Eds' are better than one.
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Within the black community, roughly 60 percent of children are born to single moms. Moms don't have the emotional wherewithal to deal with their children. Their English is atrocious. Their speaking is atrocious. The dropout rate is horrendous.
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I'm not going to present myself one way all the time just because it will make me sell best.
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You never get to pick how you get pinned and how people perceive you.
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I believe that a man is the strongest soldier for daring to die unarmed.
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For me, I would prefer to not have my face on the album cover. I don't mind being in the public, but it's just not really my personality, and it's not really why I'm into this. I like making art, and that's it. I don't really want to be a celebrity, seriously. I like my privacy.
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Res est solliciti plena timoris amor.
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Do you speak Scorn and Mockery to everyone? Or just to your betters?
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I am not one of those who left the land to the mercy of its enemies. Their flattery leaves me cold, my songs are not for them to praise.
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Wisdom alone is the science of other sciences.
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Let's take the money that we've been spending on war over the last decade to rebuild America, roads, bridges schools. We do those things, not only is your future going to be bright but America's future is going to bright as well.
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We all have a few failures under our belt. It's what makes us ready for the successes.
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Having always imagined myself in a fairly slim minority, I suddenly saw that I was in a vast company. Difference unites us. While each of these experiences can isolate those who are affected, together they compose an aggregate of millions whose struggles connect them profoundly. The exceptional is ubiquitous; to be entirely typical is the rare and lonely state.
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I love 'Shaun of the Dead.'
