Nia Long Quotes
When you have all the bells and whistles - you've got the big, fancy catering, you've got the big, fancy car service and the big, fancy trailer - it makes it very comfortable and everybody's making a lot of money. But that doesn't necessarily mean you're going to end up with a great film.
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Fitness, defending, the mental stuff - those were all weaknesses of mine. And I turned those into strengths.
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On the Internet, inside information is currency, and there will always be counterfeiters among us.
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My interest in magic was kindled by Steve Martin, the comedian I'd gone to high school with.
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I think it's time we all agree that gender stereotypes are simply the confabulation of our own mind.
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I hope Obama gets scary in the next four years, 'cuz he ain't gotta worry about getting re-elected.
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I don't find much influence in opera. It was such a different part of me.
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There was a windstorm in L.A., and the morning after there was no smog, and I could see the mountains. And I was like... 'There's mountains? Snowcap mountains?' That's insane; I've been there for thirteen years, and I've never seen that view before, seeing the mountains in the distance.
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There is violence in real life but I would never impose violence in a film just to attract the audience.
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I follow the universe; I follow G-d. G-d made the sun, and the sun shines on everyone.
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I love going back and forth from drama to comedy. I love switching it around and showing people that I can do both.
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The significance and volume of repairs that are needed across the country demand that we give state and local governments the long-term certainty they need to effectively execute these projects.
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It's smarter to look at portions than to count calories.
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It costs more money to put a person on death row than it does to lock them up for the rest of their lives because of attorney fees.
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I would say I've always lived creativity, but now I - I do it with an intention that's got a completely different power.
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When I'm in a tricky situation I often think: 'What would Beyonce do?' It helps.
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It is said that love makes the world go 'round - the announcement lacks verification. It's wind from the dinner horn that does it.
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I played English football - soccer - instead of American football, because we couldn't afford the equipment.
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If patience is worth anything, it must endure to the end of time. And a living faith will last in the midst of the blackest storm.
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Soloing was pretty easy for me because it was probably the first thing I've ever done.
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For a moment you forget how much the loss hurts. Then you remember and it buries you.
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I create work, and I devote myself to the creative process, and I try to, you know, stay pure in that process and be worthy of the messages that I receive.
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Once you become successful, people know where you live, the type of house you live in, the kind of car you drive, the clothes you wear, and so it would be patronising to go and talk like a welder. Welding's a mystery to me now. You can't go back, your life changes every day.
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I enter a whorehouse with the same interest as I do the British museum or the Metropolitan - in the same spirit of curiosity. Here are the works of man, here is an art of man, here is the eternal pursuit of gold and pleasure. I couldn't be more sincere. This doesn't mean that if I go to La Scala in Milan to hear Carmen I want to get up on the stage and participate. I do not. Neither do I always participate in a fine representative national whorehouse - but I must see it as a spectacle, an offering, a symptom of a nation.
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When you have all the bells and whistles - you've got the big, fancy catering, you've got the big, fancy car service and the big, fancy trailer - it makes it very comfortable and everybody's making a lot of money. But that doesn't necessarily mean you're going to end up with a great film.
