Federico Fellini Quotes
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Everyone has something to sell. The greatest thing you can ever sell is an idea or talent.
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If you look at my career, doing albums with Norah Jones, Justin Timberlake, Gucci Mane and Lil Wayne or KRS-One and Jean Grae, I can't be pigeonholed.
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Mental health is seen as a massive drag to have to write about - worthy, dull. Something you should 'have' to read / write about.
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Stuffed vine leaves tend to burn and/or stick when you cook them. To avoid this, use a heavy based pan lined with a few layers of second-rate leaves.
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Once you give up rights, they're not going to give them back.
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If you learn the craft, you can make a movie and get by with tricks.
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With sitcom writing, you're trying to write stories.
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The man does not beat your head because you got a Cadillac or because you got a Ford; he beats you because you're black!
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If you represent everyone, in some ways you represent no one. You're un-owned.
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Read over your compositions, and when you meet a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it out.
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I guess when I first started speaking with an American accent, there's a tendency to create a caricature of the accent because you just exaggerate the pieces that stand out to you.
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I think you only really feel like an outsider if you've been an insider.
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When you are through with the blues, you've got nothing to rest on.
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You can't take sides when you know the earth is round.
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The years teach much which the days never know.
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You know in the West they support realistic forces.
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Real love is a permanently self-enlarging experience.
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Once you have perfect virtual reality, what else are you supposed to perfect?
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You will not be satisfied unless you are contributing something to or for the benefit of others.
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When people think of biblical movies, they imagine sweeping epics like 'The Ten Commandments.' But 'The Gospel According to St. Matthew' is essentially a documentary about Jesus. It made me aware of how real life and personal experience can create more breathtaking, sensitive cinema than more sophisticated techniques.
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Suzhou is an ancient city full of old gardens that are very famous in China. It is very beautiful. Plus, I met my boyfriend there!
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Well, you know, I had been a peanut farmer. I had - you know who was the first president - Democratic president I ever met? Bill Clinton.
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A good attitude is really important. And a sense of optimism, someone who has ideas and isn't afraid to pitch them no matter what level she is. Someone who is proactive. Someone with efficiency and common sense. They don't always go hand-in-hand, common sense and, well, everything else.
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Experience is what you get while looking for something else.
