Gary Sheffield Quotes
The rage was in me, and if it wasn't for the rage, then I wouldn't know how to be calm. They feed off of each other. Just like when Malcolm X fed off Martin Luther King. They needed each other.
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Everything I do, I go to black people. If I have a problem at the airport, I'll go to the black ticket agent. I hope they notice me because I'll get better service. If I'm at a restaurant, I look for the black waiter. Rent-a-Car, give you the upgrade.
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It's my job to have ups and downs because it makes good music.
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I get recognized so much. It happens mostly when I'm in Starbucks.
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I've always been fascinated by horror films and genre films. And horror films harbored a fascination for me and always have been something I've wanted to watch and wanted to make.
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I try and spend a lot of time with my kids. I try and have fun with my kids. I try to put father time in there.
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I want to go into science class and awaken that spark that makes learning possible.
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I felt audiences are happier to take comedy people who play darker people because there's a link between the psychosis of comedy and the psychosis of being a twisted character.
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I'm a 'Lost' guy, I love 'Lost.'
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I went to school to study literature and writing, even though I didn't end up really doing that in the end. I thought I would be a teacher, but I didn't really think about it in any practical way.
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I adore Eddie Kaye Thomas and Jason Biggs. Eddie was the only one who called me when they were doing 'American Reunion' and told me, 'You need to do this.'
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Many of the best firms historically in venture capital have been multi-sector.
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The Reserve Bank cannot just exist; its ability to say 'no' has to be protected.
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I've been around - having gone to Princeton, and I went to Oxford after that - some pretty fancy characters in my life. And they're just as nutty as the rest of us - sometimes worse.
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I believe that we are at a very low level of consciousness, and we do not know how to treat each other as human beings. We are caught up in our own lives, our own needs, our own ego gratification. I feel a strong sense of responsibility in delivering that message.
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I see myself as a story teller.
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People are making judgements about Russian people based on me. This is why I never allow myself any aggression towards my opponent.
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Everybody in the black community must organize, and then we decide whether we will have alliance with other people or not, but not until we are organized.
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I think everyone remembers how certain Russian bureaucrats used to work against the Ukrainian opposition; I think it is hard to drop old habits.
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You think about taking audiences on a journey.
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I think Russian people are learning that democracy is not an alien thing; it's not a western invention.
Garry Kasparov -
Gospel music rhythms are not African in origin, although I know that's what the jazz experts say.
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The rage was in me, and if it wasn't for the rage, then I wouldn't know how to be calm. They feed off of each other. Just like when Malcolm X fed off Martin Luther King. They needed each other.
