John Selden Quotes
They that are against superstition oftentimes run into it of the wrong side. If I wear all colors but black, then I am superstitious in not wearing black.
Quotes to Explore
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This creed of the desert seemed inexpressible in words, and indeed in thought.
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I don't think there's much a person could say about me. My gangster's never been on trial.
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My first job ever was on 'Peak Practice.' I just had to walk up the stairs. They kept the take where I slipped slightly, which was annoying.
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In theory, taxes should be like shopping. What I buy is government services. What I pay are my taxes.
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Spend time reflecting on your emotional and physical existence and how that applies to the voice. You have to apply that wisdom and experience when you sing - it's what comes through.
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I have been doing so much. Speaking engagements... producing... developing a half-hour sitcom... working on a movie... leading acting workshops all over the world... and hosting 'My Black Is Beautiful,' an empowerment TV show I'm doing on BET for women.
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I had no idea who I was when I started. I was frightened to death and had no natural performing skills.
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I taught a lot of art history, especially Chinese, Japanese, and Indian. But the painting classes came back. The nudes came back. Not so much the still lifes. So now our department is the worst department, partly because it has the worst facilities.
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If I'm gonna write songs about my exes, they can write songs about me. That's how it works.
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For me, music was the only reason I went to school. I was kind of a street kid, in a lot of trouble committing crimes and stuff. Music gave me something to focus on.
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When I was younger, I thought about retiring.
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I always have a million things going on at once, but I try to put my energy into the most immediate need.
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I have many debates now with friends on the changes, and the continuing confusion over bringing up your children, instilling values, letting them make the right choices.
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I prefer to underplay scenes rather than, you know, be big and drive them. And sometimes you have to do that, but I like the more natural styles.
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What I love about the East End is that there's a great perseverance, determination and courage. What I dislike about it is that there is sometimes a celebration of ignorance.
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The Internet is a toilet. It is.
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Some people are tied to five hundred words a day, six days a week. I'm a hesitater.
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The emphasis should be on why we do a job.
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Broken Bells reminds me how much fun I have making music.
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My mother never asked me to do anything she wouldn't do herself. She always taught by example.
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I was walking through Central Park, and I saw an old man smoking. Nothing makes a smoker happier than to see an old person smoking. This guy was ancient, bent over a walker, puffing away. I'm like, 'Duuude, you're my hero! Guy your age smoking, man, it's great.' He goes, 'What? I'm 28.'
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Are there differences between black actors' opportunities and white actors' opportunities? Yes, there are. It's been said.
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Black women's feelings of responsibility for nurturing the children in their own extended family networks have stimulated a more generalized ethic of care where black women feel accountable to all the black community's children.
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They that are against superstition oftentimes run into it of the wrong side. If I wear all colors but black, then I am superstitious in not wearing black.
