Nia Long Quotes
I'm working on a project called Lemons, produced by Killer Films. The director has a great perspective on character development.
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Being on a television series is sort of life-altering on every level.
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There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one.
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A two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and a region free of Iranian nukes are worthy goals that should be able to withstand public scrutiny in every Middle Eastern capital.
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It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.
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The truth is, I don't sketch much at all. I have a very visual/spatial brain that retains a lot of information about maps, directions, positioning, and details, so I usually prefer working out those issues on the page itself.
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We all understand it's a privilege just to be playing in this league.
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I've been writing stories since I was a kid. I love writing stories.
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Prohibition of substances which give pleasure to people does not work. Addiction is a health problem, not a moral one, and there are many proven strategies which can reduce its burden.
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How dull it is to have people defining you.
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It's so funny, I've done so many projects where I've been interrogated. I guest starred on almost every hour drama, and I'm always the guy they think is the bad guy but then they find out is not.
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In my view, if you want to get ahead and build wealth, you have to get over your delusion that something only has value if you can measure it.
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I consider myself an inventor first and an entrepreneur second. In real life, my hero is Thomas Edison. He was a great inventor, but also an outstanding entrepreneur who was able to sell his inventions to the masses. He didn't just develop the light bulb; he invented the entire electric grid and power distribution system.
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Our lives are not what we deserve; they are, let us agree, in many ways deficient.
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We had a tiny budget for 'The Greatest,' which was the opposite of 'Wall Street.' We just kind of went in and did it. You've got four or five takes and then you've got to move on. We didn't even have trailers to stay in or anything.
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It is very difficult to hang onto the relics of history.
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Pressure is there with any release of mine. It's more my own, as I need to surpass my own expectations.
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That's what we're striving for, making us a contender in every race.
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The press called me a billionaire, and my wife came up and said I must be squirreling money away.
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I would be ecstatic if the very first writer to step foot in a Storyknife cabin was an Alaska Native woman writer.
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By putting myself out there the way I've been doing people see me as a real person. Even though I do character voices and funny noises the stories are still real and I put them all out there.
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Character gives us qualities, but it is in our actions — what we do — that we are happy or the reverse.
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Once digital came, I could see my images instantly right there on the camera. I think that makes you a better photographer because you can see right there if your subject's eyes are closed or if you exposed it wrong and if it's too bright or dark. You can fix it right here. With film, you wouldn't know until you got the prints back if something was messed up, and then there was nothing you could do. That was a huge advantage.
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The world may take your reputation from you, but it cannot take your character.
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I'm working on a project called Lemons, produced by Killer Films. The director has a great perspective on character development.
