Melvin Van Peebles Quotes
Personally, I do movies the way I cook. I put in what I like, in case nobody else likes it and I have to eat it for the rest of the week.
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My cares come from a very selfish place 'cause in reality I'm young, and I haven't had the experience to be mature yet.
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You know Texas is - even more now that Enron has bit the dust - it's held up on the back of small businesses.
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That term, 'David and Goliath,' has entered our language as a metaphor for improbable victories by some weak party over someone far stronger.
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The scene that has raised the most objections in 'The Interview' is at the very end, when Kim's head dissolves into flames. To me, it feels gratuitous.
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Elves live in harmony with the world, and I try to do that.
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Well, being that, at the house and being in the competition, it was very hard to be with family. We couldn't have visitors out of respect for everyone else there. But, being the American Idol, the focus would have been on me.
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Atheism is nothing more than the noises reasonable people make when in the presence of religious dogma.
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The vanity of men, a constant insult to women, is also the ground for the implicit feminine claim of superior sensitivity and morality.
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I save money when I'm working so that I never have to take a role simply to pay the bills.
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If an umpire misses a called third strike and the other side ends up scoring because of it, I'm not going to forget it. If there are runners on second and third and two out, and if the umpire has just given the hitter an extra strike and the next pitch goes into the hole and both runs score, I've got to say something to the guy.
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Most people are willing to take the Sermon on the Mount as a flag to sail under, but few will use it as a rudder by which to steer.
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A biblical false prophet was a servant of the devil attempting to lead people away from the truth.
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A lot of electronic music out there feels cold. I want to incorporate a human element.
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As the youngest of three girls, most of my childhood works were revenge fantasies against my older sisters, so of course the sisters in 'Pretty Girls' share some similarities to my own.
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Mother Nature made me the way I am, and I should be happy.
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I wish I was a bit shorter, as I think shorter people have better walks. Freddie Fox, the actor, is shorter than me and has an amazing gait; and Tom Cruise has a brilliant run. I'm just gangly.
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I wouldn't bother to describe me. I'm Eartha Kitt.
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I know what it means to do a job... I worked in a factory. I respect people in the service industry. What irritates me more is when people aren't respectful. There's a lot of nonsense behavior, especially in a place like Hollywood. The money, the power, they create little monsters.
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Never forget the nine most important words of any family- I love you. You are beautiful. Please forgive me.
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I find Hollywood really toxic.
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What better way to expand your imagination than to read!
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Though those that are betray'd Do feel the treason sharply, yet the traitor stands in worse case of woe
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Personally, I do movies the way I cook. I put in what I like, in case nobody else likes it and I have to eat it for the rest of the week.
