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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If it's anything I can't stand, it's yes-men. When I say no, I want you to say no, too.
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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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My mother's cross was given to me when she died. I like to have it always close to me.
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Women in Africa are really the pillar of the society, are the most productive segment of society, actually. Women do kids. Women do cooking. Women doing everything. And yet, their position in society is totally unacceptable. And the way African men treat African women is total unacceptable.
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I think that in a weird way, as technology gets more sophisticated, people have become less aware of it. It's become part of our day to day life. We're seeing large-scale projection mapping, like on buildings. There's video everywhere. It's much less noticeable that we're actually looking at technology.
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I think my brother always wanted to be a film producer.
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I love 'Shaun of the Dead.'