Melina Matsoukas Quotes
For me, the scariest moment is walking on set before we shoot the first shot, and I am so anxious. It's a lot of pressure, and it's scary, and I don't think that fear ever goes away.
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Manhood coerced into sensitivity is no manhood at all.
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Like a child star whose fame fades as the years advance, many once-innovative companies become less so as they mature.
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Unfortunately, what many people forget is that judges are just lawyers in robes.
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Playing evil is just not interesting. I don't think anyone who does evil stuff thinks they're doing evil stuff. That's the scary part.
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At school, I was a tomboy, and it would be me and all my guy friends.
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I really want to try soccer after I retire because I've watched football over the years and I think I could be a good contender.
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You get caught up in hitting home runs and seeing how far you can hit them, and your swing changes.
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I become a first-time novelist and a senior citizen on the same day.
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When I give somebody something and see their face, it just makes me so happy.
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I don't accept any money, free products, or anything else of value from the companies whose products I cover or from their public relations or advertising agencies.
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When I got to Florida, I was a British kid, but I was also an Indian kid: a brown kid with an English accent. Talk about being an outsider. And that's become the theme of a lot of the stuff I write about.
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Dirk Nowitzki has been my hero for many years.
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When my dad, Tommy Tucker Kelly, was about six, he started out with his dad on 'The Black and White Minstrel' Shows.
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For me, insomnia was something ordinary, and it came and went for ordinary reasons.
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I've done movies for certain reasons; I did 'Anaconda' because the black man lives. Simple. The black man isn't dead in the first three pages, like Jurassic Park. It's like, 'The black man kills the snake with a Latino girl? Damn! I got to do this.'
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The value of a dollar is social, as it is created by society.
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The countenances of children, like those of animals, are masks, not faces, for they have not yet developed a significant profile of their own.
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What I haven't apologised for is the original concept of seeking to bring justice to all South Africans through the concept of nation states.
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I'm okay I'm okay now. But you really need to listen to me 'cause i'm telling you the truth I mean this i'm okay. Trust me... I'm not okay... Well okay i'm not okay. I'm not o-f cking-kay
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If you're not a player, it's hard to get into this league. You need a small opportunity that you turn into a bigger opportunity.
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All rationalism tends to minimalise the value and the importance of life and to decrease the sum total of human happiness.
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Gifts have ribbons, not strings.
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The thing about Green Lantern rings is they pick whoever has potential to overcome great fear.
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For me, the scariest moment is walking on set before we shoot the first shot, and I am so anxious. It's a lot of pressure, and it's scary, and I don't think that fear ever goes away.
