Henry Louis Gates Quotes
I knew that there were black people in Africa, of course, unfortunately because of movies such as 'Tarzan.'
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I don't know if I'm selfless - I still want to make a great record. I want to make a hit record. I want to tour; that's not completely selfless. But the truth is I'm not interested in people coming to my show for me as much as I am for them coming to my show for themselves. That's always been how I am.
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For me, acting is becoming naked in front of people, you know? And when you know in the back of your mind somebody is testing you, you cannot really bare yourself. That's a feeling I always have when I'm auditioning.
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The priesthood is a marriage. People often start by falling in love, and they go on for years without realizing that love must change into some other love which is so unlike it that it can hardly be recognized as love at all.
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You feel this pressure that people will take you more seriously if you play guitar, but I've decided I'm a singer and that's enough.
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I believe that, as actors, we have a phenomenal platform to spread positivity and influence people in the same way.
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We used to say poor people had lousy genes. Then we decided that wasn't OK, but we transferred the prejudice to upbringing. We said, 'You were neglected as a child, so you'll never make it.' That's just as pernicious.
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I know this independence is what people like most about my brand.
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Unlike people, companies outlive their founders and their leaders.
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I used to like humorous people in the past, but these days, I like serious people more.
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I don't know if people are born with a worldview or if their thinking is a product of their environment.
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Apart from being celebrities, there's a huge amount of respect associated with being cricketers and a certain amount of reverence and honour associated with representing India. In people's eyes, apart from other celebrities in India, I think for sportsmen in India there's a certain amount of regard.
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People keep saying how amazing it is having a female lead, and I just sort of feel, 'Well, of course!'
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Among the many things that have slipped up on me while my back was turned are all of these challenging and well-manicured public courses that have sprung up across America with elegant bars and restaurants.
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I recently found out about this other super movie star. He only works from about 11:00 to 4:00, so all his movies take like 120 days. But this was a lot of stuff to do in 35 days.
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I know I speak for everyone in these islands, all parties, all our people, when I say to Mr. Smith tonight: 'Prime Minister, think again'.
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… let's all remember that we have a government 'of the people, for the people, and by the people', and there are very few people in our government that you can't buy.
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No matter how much we disagree with people, demonising them doesn't get us anywhere; it merely indicates a closed mind.
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We must again carry the burden of our people and shoulder our commitment to leading them to the promised land.
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We asserted ourselves as a music community, and showed legislators that music is positive. Especially if you've sold 300 million records worldwide and pay taxes.
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[Pablo] Picasso really changed my life. It's strange to say so, but I started to see some Picasso paintings very early. I was very young, and he was not so much known.
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I suppose you could switch grammars once you've seen 'use strict subs'.
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I played a lot of keyboards, but I really wanted to produce the sound that was in my head that I was trying to emulate on the keys. I wanted to do it for real. And it makes me look at the keys in a different way. So it's like I'm looking at the guitar and bass more like meat and potatoes and keys like coloring over top of it, you know.
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I had once been told my ability to read would only reach that of a ten-year-old, but I was determined to achieve more.
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I knew that there were black people in Africa, of course, unfortunately because of movies such as 'Tarzan.'
