Babatunde Adebimpe Quotes
I have nothing against people getting their band back together, but the artists I love marked a time in my life, and to merge that time with now can be personally depressing.
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Well, we like to let down our hair and pep it up at the dances, but we keep it slower when we broadcast. We have to please everybody, and that softer music appeals to the larger amount of people. It's like eating too much cake. You have to have your steak too.
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It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project.
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I don't want to miss out on the chance of having a good time.
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Film has played such a big part in my life, in my impressions of the United States.
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We were elected in a wave because the people in America, if they had a single issue that troubled them the most, it was that health care vote.
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I tell inmates all the time, 'Don't complain about your grind. Do your time.'
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I never really grasped how big it was when I initially got 'Alexander'; I thought, 'Ooh, this is exciting,' but after I got home, I looked back and thought, 'That was an incredible experience.' I got to work with some massive names in Hollywood, and I learnt so much, and then it really kind of struck me how life-changing it was.
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I want to keep working with the best, keep going and be a better actor each time I go and dive into something.
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I actually find it a lot easier to interview people I don't agree with because I'm far more curious about how they've arrived at that place.
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I have enjoyed every call. The ones involving direct contact with people have been most rewarding.
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'The Driver' wasn't commercially successful at the time, but when I was a teenager, I had no knowledge of that.
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To lead people walk behind them.
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We all suffer. It's part of life. The blessing is - while evil exists, Divinity does, too, and it is stronger.
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When you write for children and young adults, you have much more affect and influence on them than when you write for adults. The books that get us through our childhood stay with us for life.
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I love dancing just because I've done it my whole life and it's definitely what I want to do. I feel like, I want to train with acting and do movies. Those two are my main priorities. I definitely want to be able to sing and model, too. I definitely love those, too.
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Dementia is such a terrifying thing for all of us, and we are particularly bad at coping with old people in this country.
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The general message would be to say to all these young people: If you have entrepreneurial aspirations, there is money, there are consumers, there is a huge market. The only thing you need to do is to go there and start doing things.
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Marriage is socialism among two people.
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The theory of democratic government is not that the will of the people is always right, but rather that normal human beings of average intelligence will, if given a chance, learn the right and best course by bitter experience.
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The love shown in Christ by our God to mankind should constrain all of us who are followers and disciples of Christ to do all in our power to see to it that the Message of Salvation is carried to those of our fellows for whom Christ Our Saviour was sacrificed but who have not had the benefit of hearing the good news.
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Nobody wants to read about a good-looking happy person.
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Jazz is a constant theme in my life. My father is a jazz pianist, and from an early age I have been surrounded by it.
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When you're out in the field and spending time in these different places around the world, humility is one of the most important assets that will serve you well.
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I have nothing against people getting their band back together, but the artists I love marked a time in my life, and to merge that time with now can be personally depressing.
