Jordan Peele Quotes
Part of the desire to live in a post-racial world includes the desire not to have to talk about racism, which includes a false perception that if you are talking about race, then you're perpetuating the notion of race. I reject that.
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I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.
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I was a kid who had asthma and bifocals and wore sweater vests.
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Let no one weep for me, or celebrate my funeral with mourning; for I still live, as I pass to and fro through the mouths of men.
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I'm a kind person; I don't have a really nihilist streak in me, but I respond to that kind of humour.
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I've never been that comfortable talking about myself or about acting.
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As an actor, I've always said, half the audience is going to love you, half is going to hate you so just live with it. It's easier that way.
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Especially in the day and age now with social media and cameraphones and things like that, you always have to act like you're being watched.
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All of my main characters have been under 30.
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The best way to cope with trouble is to stay out of it as much as possible.
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The notion that one will not survive a particular catastrophe is, in general terms, a comfort since it is equivalent to abolishing the catastrophe.
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I think it's all about the people who listen to your music, and loving playing and writing. Once you've got those two, and they're your main two priorities, then radio and TV and all the other stuff that comes with it will come. But that's not the be-all end-all.
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Being in Harlem on the night of Barack Obama's election was extraordinary. It was the best street party I have ever gone to, and it felt like the period of American history which began with slavery had ended that evening.
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I will say that rowing in the first Olympics was probably one of the most proud moments in my life. What I enjoy about the sport is that it's definitive. Nobody can take away from the fact that you're an Olympian. It's indisputable. You get there on merit and merit alone.
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Learning about factory farms and their horrendous treatment of animals is what made me become vegetarian in the first place. I also support the education of the public on adopting pets from animal shelters or saving homeless animals off the street in lieu of buying them from pet shops.
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Having grown up on a family farm, I am all too familiar with the effects a drought can have on a crop.
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The greatest power that a person possesses is the power to choose.
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I am a compulsive and concise shopper.
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It's very flattering when you look into the crowd and people have made an effort and dressed in your style.
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I don't make resolutions, because resolutions seem so ephemeral and transient to go away.
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I wanted to be a serious actress, but of course that didn't really happen.
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I was supposed to be adopted when I was five, but then my adoption was pushed back by two years.
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When we are children, people show us so many things that we lose the profound sense of seeing... And just how could adults show us the world they have lost! They know; they think they know; they say they know...
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Communications are making this one world. Back in the day, 400-500 years ago, nobody knew what anyone else was doing. It's on the 6 O'Clock news now. Now we can say, Oh, that's the way they live. Oh, they do that!! Opportunities, the chance to bring about change, it's all based on communication. Communication and jet planes.
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Part of the desire to live in a post-racial world includes the desire not to have to talk about racism, which includes a false perception that if you are talking about race, then you're perpetuating the notion of race. I reject that.
