Michael B. Jordan Quotes
I want people to leave the theater and think, "How can I be a better person?" That's the only way things are going to improve.
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I am getting to that age where I am too old to play the boy next door and too young to play Uncle Fester.
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So much of writing isn't the fun parts like we get to discuss. It is sitting there putting the words down.
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I've said it before, and I'll say it again. I've written 29 damn plays. Isn't that enough?
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Stories about the ongoing dramas in our lives as we age are not being told because women find it difficult to be honest about what's going on - about, for example, our heightened sexuality as we age or about living in a society that only values youth.
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My family is a praying family, a Christian family.
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Right now, more people enjoy movies, music, television and movies than they do video games.
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I have been a judge for 15 years and I've made up my own mind during all that time.
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You can go down the list of great artists and kind of understand that they are products of their environment. Whether it's U2 or Henry Rollins or myself or Johnny Lydon, they're gonna be products of their environment.
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Adopting the right attitude can convert a negative stress into a positive one.
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RFK was a compelling figure because he was willing to challenge his audiences, and in turn connect with them in a unique way. Kennedy showed that our values define us and can inspire others to believe in the possibility of change and a better society.
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The story of Harold Fry and his unlikely pilgrimage began as an afternoon play for radio. For many years, I have been writing plays and adapting novels for 'Woman's Hour' and the 'Classic' series. So this was originally a three-hander play, broadcast one sunny afternoon on BBC Radio 4.
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When the dark days come, many wonderful moments, those will all seem dead and empty to you. It will take practice and even hard work to find the joy sometimes.
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A lot of times, we look at jazz in eras. How can we not keep those eras separate and think of the language as one complete continuum? It's all interrelated, and it's all evolutionary.
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I feel like, sometimes, people, because of the amount of media, because of the amount of attention, people seem to think I have to do things. Like, I have to win right now! But I don't feel like that.
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Write for yourself. That's it. And write every day.
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Whenever I did sitcoms, that always happened on your show. Once the show was on the air, it takes on a life of its own. It develops, and it becomes something else.
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Nothing escapes God's knowledge. This is proved by the witness of the Scriptures and the analogy of the sun, which, although created, yet by its light or heat enters into all things.
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One of the missions of 'The Nightly Show' was to have a conversation with America in a sense, and talk about the things that people didn't want to talk about it.
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My aunt is the director of the acapella group Black Voices. I was so struck by them as a child. They sang with such passion and conviction. By the time I turned 15, I had plucked up the courage to ask if I could join the group. Acapella is a different discipline from singing with an accompaniment - it is much more exposed.
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I think the third album will be celebratory and maybe not so inward-looking; that would be great. I think thinking is a good thing but there are times when you just say 'fuck it'. We're allowed to make mistakes.
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I look forward to the holiday season every year.
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Staying married may have long-term benefits. You can elicit much more sympathy from friends over a bad marriage than you ever can from a good divorce.
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I want people to leave the theater and think, "How can I be a better person?" That's the only way things are going to improve.
