Ha Ha Clinton-Dix Quotes

Growing up where I'm from, some people are afraid of cops. They don't really like cops. And what a lot of people don't realize is, they're really not the bad guys. They're really on our side, they're really trying to help us out. And sometimes, we don't understand that.

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• I was brought up in a very poor and very violent household. I spent much of my childhood being afraid.

  

  Patrick Stewart
  • Up
  • Childhood
  • Afraid

• It's populated by people who, by and large, have terrific communication skills. Every day is an extraordinary day. For me, it was just a great area for storytelling.

  

  Aaron Sorkin
  • People
  • Great
  • Day

• When people talk about the impact of mobile dating, everyone focuses on real-time meeting - this idea that my pocket will vibrate every time a hot girl walks by. That's important. But it's not transformative.

  

  Sam Yagan
  • People
  • Time
  • Important

• We have the highest incarceration rate of any country in the world. 'America, land of liberty and freedom?' You know, that's baloney. More than 2 million Americans are behind bars now. Communist China has four times the population and they have 1.5 million people behind bars.

  

  Gary Johnson
  • People
  • World
  • Country

• I do get recognized, but I must say Edinburgh is a fantastic city to live if you're well-known. There is an innate respect for privacy in Edinburgh people, and I also think they're used to seeing me walking around, so I don't think I'm a very big deal.

  

  Joanne Rowling
  • People
  • Live
  • Respect

• That's where the good ideas come from: the people, not the boardroom. But you have to be willing to put in the legwork.

  

  Walker Stapleton
  • People
  • Good
  • Ideas

• For U.S. television series, I really like 'Dexter.'

  

  Yuji Horii
  • Like
  • Television
  • Really

• What drives that desire to destroy Paris Hilton? What drives that desire to venerate Angelina Jolie? I do understand it, but it still baffles me. It baffles me when people treat me specially and differently, because I just want to look at them and go, 'What are you talking about? I'm just a person.'

  

  Zach Galligan
  • People
  • Me
  • Desire

• Everything in the world we want to do or get done, we must do with and through people.

  

  Earl Nightingale
  • People
  • World
  • Done

• Lots of people will give you advice... and depending upon how well they know you, the advice might be valid or not so valid.

  

  Abagail Johnson
  • People
  • Know
  • Advice

• What's more condescending and corny than someone telling you how much more money they have than you and telling you basically, 'I don't care about poor people,' which is a large part of what you hear of corporate hip-hop on the radio.

  

  Talib Kweli Black Star
  • People
  • Money
  • Care

• If you look at a multi-player game, it's the people who are playing the game who are often more valuable than all of the animations and models and game logic that's associated with it.

  

  Gabe Newell
  • People
  • Game
  • Player

• People have told me about organized crime in the fashion industry, but I can't talk about that. I'm looking to stay alive.

  

  Calvin Klein
  • People
  • Me
  • Fashion

• A lot of the vibe in London is being sucked dry because of the economic situation. It's very expensive, and it gives you nothing back. New York still feels like there's stuff going on. People are struggling to create art. There's still a vibe.

  

  Finn Jones
  • People
  • Art
  • New York

• I'm a big believer in free enterprise. If people want to try it, then go for it.

  

  Vince Flynn
  • People
  • Want
  • Free

• People don't realize how a man's whole life can be changed by one book.

  

  Malcolm X
  • People
  • Life
  • Book

• When I see people laughing at ideas and companies we have backed, I smile. It means we are going to make a lot of money on that investment.

  

  Fred Wilson
  • People
  • Money
  • Smile

• The only place where people in Manhattan walk for leisure is in the park.

  

  Christo
  • People

• I would love to be able to say that due to my experience in the music industry, when it comes to the songs, I'm killing it over anybody else, but that is not the case. Everybody in this thing is ridiculously talented to where I don't feel special.

  

  Ne-Yo
  • Music
  • Experience

• It's bad timing, but a lot of kids become teenagers just as their parents are hitting their mid-life crisis. So everybody's miserable and confused and seeking that new sense of identity.

  

  Laurie Halse Anderson
  • Life
  • Kids
  • Bad

• In Mexico, we call it 'terco': the guy who goes out every day, and every day they tell him no, and the next day he's there, and the next day he's there. That's the kind of people who make movies in Mexico.

  

  Diego Luna
  • People
  • Guy

• But only art and music have the power to bring peace.

  

  Yoko Ono
  • Music
  • Art
  • Power

• It's not a choice. Either I write or I don't, especially when I'm in a foreign culture. I've lived in London for years, and I must continue my writing and filmmaking. The most important thing for an artist or an author is to continue her work. Languages and settings are the tools but not the first thing.

  

  Xiaolu Guo
  • Work
  • Important
  • Writing

• Growing up where I'm from, some people are afraid of cops. They don't really like cops. And what a lot of people don't realize is, they're really not the bad guys. They're really on our side, they're really trying to help us out. And sometimes, we don't understand that.

  

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