Joseph Abboud Quotes
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People just decided I was an R&B artist because I'm black.
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Poetry is emotion, passion, love, grief - everything that is human. It is not for zombies by zombies.
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Poetry is the art of substantiating shadows, and of lending existence to nothing.
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We're writing a book together. She just finished one. Did you read it? Among the Porcupines?
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I never did feel any pressure in Jamaica. You just someone, not nobody big.
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I love to see a woman in a sexy, strappy sandal no matter what. It just looks beautiful.
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I don't necessarily think that installation is the only way to go. It's just a label for certain kinds of arrangements.
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You have to go through those mountains and valleys - because that's what life is: soul growth.
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I've been taking batting practice in my barn where nobody can see me, so I may be better than anyone thinks.
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My favorite sport, frankly, is college football. I'm a college football junkie, even though I'm associated with golf and like golf and have played it all my life.
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Language is fun; it's fun to try.
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I was a late bloomer. I was 38 when my first book was out and 43 when my first crime novel was out. I had a story that could only be told as a crime story. I think the genre is good; it deals with the fundamental questions of life and death. The problem is there are too many bad crime stories.
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In cartoons and in improv, anything can happen. You can be any character you want. The rules of real life don't always apply.
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When my world record got broken in 1999, it hurt a little bit, to say the least. But I was in a leg brace at the time and I had just had knee surgery and I couldn't do anything about it.
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Edward raises the pointer and places its tip against Alec’s forehead. 'What’s the use of having a library in there if you won’t open the books, boy? What’s the good of augmented intelligence if you won’t use it?'
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I am neither heir nor executor to Charles Stuart.
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It's not that I don't love the song. My songs are like my children: some you want around and some you want to send off to college as soon as possible.
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If we refuse to accept as inevitable the irresponsibility and educational unconcern of the adolescent culture, then this poses a serious challenge.
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If you want to be an actor, you have to do it because you love acting, not because you want to be a celebrity.
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Love and sex, honey. Either one can make you do the damndest things. The two combined will make you a sure ’nough fool.
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When it comes to fashion, follow your instinct.
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The connection between education and a healthy economy is critical.
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For a long time, I felt like my identity was to fight. My identity was to be a world champion. That almost defined me.
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There are no seasons anymore. Fashion has become one long run-on sentence.
