Melina Matsoukas Quotes
The worst career advice is to just do something because it's paying, and there are a lot people out there that will push you to take a job because of money. I am not motivated by money, and I have found a lot of disappointment when I've had to do something because I needed to support myself in that way.
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One of the biggest lessons I've learned during my time on 'Oprah' is that everyone wants to be heard. We all want to have our humanity acknowledged - to have others see us for who we truly are. We all want to know that we are valued, we are heard, we are understood.
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Entrepreneurship is the very back bone of our country and what makes us great - we are a nation of founders.
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I started riding the whole 'fluffy' train, and it's a cute word and socially a lot more acceptable than someone saying is fat or obese. If you call a girl 'fat,' yo, she'll raise hell, but if you say, 'Aw girl, look at you, you're fluffy,' there's almost a sexy appeal to it.
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Well into the 20th century, black people spoke of their flight from Mississippi in much the same manner as their runagate ancestors had.
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If I were to work with my mom, I probably would not want her to play my mom. That would get too real.
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I changed that system in Florida when I was the Speaker of the House - I was the Minority Leader; I saw for 16 years the way a power system works.
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The only real indulgence was buying a house. That was a pretty big step.
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Between the ages of 18 and 20, I made three hour-long films. One was a superhero film called 'Carbolic Soap.' One was a cop film called 'Dead Right.' And the other was called 'A Fistful Of Fingers.'
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It's about discipline. It's about following instructions. It's about the execution of the plan. That's what sport is.
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When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.
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The first part of my life, as a player, has ended but now I'm heading into an equally important part as a manager, hoping to do as well as I did on the field.
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Your belief system saturates the space around you.
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The air of ideas is the only air worth breathing.
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I appreciate the constant evolution in refining food, but not in making food gimmicky.
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We don't worry about the integrity of our game. I'm more focused on the atmosphere in the arena, and that's something we're comfortable with going forward.
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Washing dishes as a 17-year-old in an Oxford college and seeing the privileged lifestyles of the undergraduates there convinced me that a system that allowed luxury for the few at the expense of the many needed to be challenged.
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I think when tattoos are new and colorful, they look bad. But they look better the older and more bleached out they become.
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My children are my life. They're so spectacular.
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I was not born a size 2. I'm not skinny, period. I'm not willing to sleep with the director or step on somebody else's neck to get the job.
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Money flows into the US, and inflates US assets, and allows the US to have a monstrous trade deficit. That means we are consuming more than we are producing.
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At this very moment I'm behind on a compilation that Slave Labor is doing for Free Comic Book Day.
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I have failed 'Star Wars' trivia tests. People come up to me at conventions and use terms that I've never heard of.
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I never drank except a couple sips of wine at Thanksgiving.
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The worst career advice is to just do something because it's paying, and there are a lot people out there that will push you to take a job because of money. I am not motivated by money, and I have found a lot of disappointment when I've had to do something because I needed to support myself in that way.
