Jordan Peele Quotes
Obama was the best thing for black nerds everywhere. Finally we had a role model. Before Obama, we basically had Urkel.
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I'm not in the K-1 tournament. We thought about it but they really don't want me as they feel I might get hurt so that's fine with me but I do see a lot of guys out there that I feel I can take.
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I know from growing up in the spotlight, as it were, that the most important thing is your family.
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The marketability, the success of a book, ultimately rests with whether or not people will find the concept/characters/title/cover appealing.
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I was involved with drama departments since the 5th grade. I played at it. It was an escape.
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I can't relate to skinny, perfectly sculptured, tanned men singing about gold chains and Ferraris because I'm not that way.
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I have come to the conclusion - and I don't know why it took me so long, but nevertheless, I'm here now - that a lot of people tell me they don't get enough guitar on my albums. So I decided to do an album where the guitar would be the singer, playing the melody.
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You want private education for your students? No problem whatsoever; pay for it.
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Our leaders must hear us speaking on behalf of our brothers and sisters in South Sudan. If the moral duty to save lives and work toward peace is not compelling enough to drive decision-makers, we must remind them that we care and will hold them accountable.
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If I'm gonna write songs about my exes, they can write songs about me. That's how it works.
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Many hedge fund managers have become billionaires; perhaps this - plus their reputations as the smartest guys in the room - is why they have captured the investing public's imagination.
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I've done it all. I'm thankful and proud of what I've accomplished in my life. I hope to keep doing it.
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When the word 'morality' comes up in connection with economics, income distribution and financial stability are usually the issues. Is it moral for rich countries to use such a high proportion of the world's resources or for investment bankers to earn large bonuses?
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Life is short, and we should respect every moment of it.
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I think that life in Israel is sometimes bigger than the movies.
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Christianity is a battle not a dream.
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Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.
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Nobody wants to read a 600 page book in which the author is fabulous throughout.
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Ray Charles, in his own way, it's like at the beginning, Ray Charles changed American music, not once but twice.
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My dad, bless him, was a musician. And his dad had thought that his music was rubbish.
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My character on 'Orange is the New Black' is not one that requires being absolutely shredded with 5% body fat. But I wouldn't be opposed to doing that for a role one day.
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I usually have about four books on the go - a bedside book, a lavatory book, a downstairs book, and the book in my study that I read sneakily while I should be writing. Short stories for the lavatory, obviously.
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Newborn screening is a public health intervention that involves a simple blood test used to identify many life-threatening genetic illnesses before any symptoms begin.
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I never pretended to be a great actor.
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Obama was the best thing for black nerds everywhere. Finally we had a role model. Before Obama, we basically had Urkel.
