Jon Bellion Quotes
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My comrades would call me a 'black capitalist.'
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What is art? Art talks about life; it's subversive.
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I say to my colleagues never confine your best work, your hopes, your dreams, the aspiration of the American people to what will be signed by George W. Bush because that is too limiting a factor.
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I have to assume that everybody interprets a piece of art they're exposed to as if it's already perfect in its wholeness, without knowing any backstory.
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I was an avid reader, but never thought seriously about writing a novel until I was in my thirties. I took no formal fiction-writing courses and never thought about these categories when I wrote my first novel.
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I must work hard to make my singing above reproach; there must be no faults which hard work would take care of.
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No, you will never see me on 'Dancing With the Stars.' Sorry.
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Girls have an unfair advantage over men: if they can't get what they want by being smart, they can get it by being dumb.
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Anyone who's seen me before knows that when it's fight time, I don't have much to say.
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My refrigerator is full of kale and greens. I can't imagine something greasy, or eating meat.
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I always work with 18 friends.
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My mother opened a bank account for me when I made $60 on my first day of work as an extra. She's that kind of mother.
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My mom didn't ever think I would take to acting because I was a very shy, very reserved kind of child. But obviously, something changed!
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What I would really like to do is live in a university town and be an intellectual bum. I just want to write, read, whatever. I'm very eclectic. I read every night until my eyes burn.
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I go the VA Hospital when I have a problem and the doctor jumps on me.
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Lots of people speak Afrikaans. It's not a statement; it's just a language that we use to communicate. It has its own flavour; it's got its own slang. People laugh. People like it. They like us being open.
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I think I already proved that I wasn't just fighting for the money, because I fought as an amateur. I fought 90 fights for free.
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I'm not saying I like to be kicked, but it's good for me to feel I am in the game. Definitely. A motivation.
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All urgent calls he shall hear at once, but never put off; for when postponed, they will prove too hard or impossible to accomplish.
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However gifted an individual is at the outset, if his or her talents cannot be developed because of his or her social condition, because of the surrounding circumstances, these talents will be still-born.
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My father was weaned on books. I'm halfway between being weaned on books and weaned on television. And if you're weaned on television, you're not as good a writer as if you were weaned on books.
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I don't think Ed Horman could be dishonest if his life depended on it.
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I loved everything, but it was Kanye West who really changed everything for me.
