Roy H. Williams Quotes
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People just decided I was an R&B artist because I'm black.
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I remember a specific moment, watching my grandmother hang the clothes on the line, and her saying to me, 'you are going to have to learn to do this,' and me being in that space of awareness and knowing that my life would not be the same as my grandmother's life.
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I've always loved performing and, especially, love for the people. That's what keeps me going.
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Psychoanalysis is out, under a therapeutic disguise, to do away entirely with the moral faculty in man.
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I had my moments when I got very frightened that I would not recover.
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You can't say what the outcome of a competition is going to be, so now I am ready to accept any result that comes my way, if I give my best shot.
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I pick my actors primarily based on my gut-feel. They could be rank newcomers or established stars, but if I feel they'll do justice to my characters, they are on. I think Bollywood is now looking towards Kollywood for new faces, and, to my mind, Suriya will be a very successful crossover star because he's very versatile.
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A dark poem is meant to redeem the dark part.
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The act of longing for something will always be more intense than the requiting of it.
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Many schools desperately need caring professionals like guidance counselors and social workers to ensure students' emotional, social and educational needs are met. But proposals to arm teachers are irresponsible and dangerous. The role of educators is to teach and nurture our children, not to be armed guards.
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The people suffering most from the Taliban were Afghans.
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After 'Chandni Bar' there was a shutdown of such bars in Mumbai. After 'Page 3' people started avoiding such events. 'Traffic Signal' exposed the money flow through the mafia. I'm not apologetic about the brutal truth in my films. Almost 70% of my films are based on reality, and 30% I fictionalize or change to suit my film.
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Don't be afraid to look silly.
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Graphic novels let you take risks that just wouldn't fly in the conventional book form.
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You're a hundred percent correct about our show being tops in quality.
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I would never wear anything too revealing. I'm not a fan of dresses where you look nude... I think that looks a bit desperate.
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Chinese learning is an internal learning, but Western learning is an external one; Chinese learning is for the cultivation of oneself, just as Western learning is for the handling of worldly affairs.
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I don't like the word 'balance.' To me, that somehow conjures up conflict between work and family... as long as we think of these things as conflicting, we will never have happiness. True happiness comes from integration... of work, family, self, community.
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I have no doubt that there are great people about though... the thing of it is, nothing to this day moves me like classical music (Debussy, Vaughn Williams).
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Tone can be as important as text.
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Some players are quite homely, and they don't see themselves going abroad; others would relish the challenge. I can only speak personally, but I always wanted the challenge, and to go and live in a place like Barcelona was great.
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What works for me is a little bit of training and sensible eating. You know, the Cameron Diaz's of the world put a lot of effort into it! But you can't have it all - I like going out for dinner with my husband; I like meeting my mates at Starbucks!
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Moment after moment everything comes out of nothingness. This is the true joy of life.
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Any investment in sales training is an investment in your own gross profits.
