Melvin Van Peebles Quotes
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I was shy. I was painfully shy, until fifth grade when I transferred to another school and befriended the class clown. And one day he was sick and I kinda stepped in for the class clown and I said, 'Wow, this is exciting, I'm a little bit nervous.'
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Iggy Pop has a voice that's somehow simultaneously self-mocking, wild, precise, amused, righteous, cool, contained and bold. I don't know how he does what he does.
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It is very, very easy not to be offended by a book. You just have to shut it.
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The thing is, people can't complain about profit-oriented moves if they're only interested in profit themselves. You can't have it both ways. If they're willing to polish up a gift and sell it to make money, they can't really complain about the fact that somebody above them has sold them down the river. That's the way it goes.
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Bruckner's Eighth is a colossus.
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In falling over in heels while trying to look attractive, you don't just hurt your body, you bear the humiliation of injuring your very soul. Physical pain? Whatever, bring it on. But the humiliation? Oh, you have seen to the very weakest part of me.
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I am no longer concerned with sensation and innovation, but with the perfection of my style.
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There's a certain fear of simplicity. I think that's the thing, when you're younger as an artist, you get this idea in your head that complexity equals quality. The more notes you're playing, the better.
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I'm not the girl next door.
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Education promotes equality and lifts people out of poverty. It teaches children how to become good citizens. Education is not just for a privileged few, it is for everyone. It is a fundamental human right.
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Usually, I just don't care what I look like. If it's cold, I'm, like, putting on whatever I have to to be warm.
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I just kind of assumed that you do a movie and then you leave and you hop onto the next thing. I never thought that people are actually buddies.
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If I do a song where I'm angry, when it's time to perform it live I'm not mad, I'm happy. I'm at a concert. But I have to somehow drum up that rage. That's acting.
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I can't say that winning the Pen/Faulkner was a dream come true because I would never have dared to dream it.
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I eat super clean and am always watching what I eat.
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Good reporting should have the same standard as in a courtroom - beyond a reasonable doubt.
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Everything, at first, is an idea, a special creation.
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We've got to decide that we want to live in a world that is sane and happy and healthy, and that everyone deserves that.
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I would love to get a job in France!
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Place me behind prison walls - walls of stone ever so high, ever so thick, reaching ever so far into the ground. There is a possibility that in some way or another I may be able to escape. But stand me on that floor and draw a chalk line around me and have me give my word of honor never to cross it. Can I get out of that circle? No. Never.
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My parents loved me. My father used to carry me around on my shoulders. I know my father loved me. All families love their children, and we were good boys.
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I think people hear the warmth in my voice and the friendliness, and they think: 'Oh, she must be a very nice person'.
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This generation of filmmakers is very good. They're seasoned, for some reason.
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Music or sound in a film is a character as important as another character.
