Haile Gerima Quotes
When you don't work together you can't emerge as a force. It becomes what some call a "lonely struggle" and individual self-destruction.
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A mathematician, like a painter or poet, is a maker of patterns. If his patterns are more permanent than theirs, it is because they are made with ideas.
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I think wine is such a big universe that it's kind of like food - it's intimidating to a lot of people, myself included.
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As an actor, I'm always up for exploring and trying new things.
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I can't exactly say why there's not much protest music to speak off. And I know there are acts out there still putting a message in their music.
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It's not necessary that every film has to hit Rs 100 crore box office, or the Rs 50 crore budget. If the film makes double of its project budget, we consider that a hit, and that also means that the film is in profit.
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I'm lucky in some ways in that I really don't need more than five or so hours of sleep.
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The best philosophers were not academics, but had another job, so their philosophy was not corrupted by careerism.
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My main concern is meeting with public because my main commitment, main interest is promotion of human value, human affection, compassion and religious harmony.
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To prosper and advance, the American business sector is going to need a financial system oriented toward business, not 'home ownership.'
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You haven't lost anything when you know were it is. Death can hide but not divide.
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I was given the task of I.P.L. Chairmanship which I tried to perform to the best of my abilities. The tournament was organised well despite all the controversies. The stadiums were jam-packed, which proved that I.P.L. was still popular.
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I can't figure out how you can draft players for a coach that you know coaches a certain a style, and was successful doing that style, and get him to play a style that you feel comfortable with.
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People don't know how to listen, and it's not their fault. In school, we learn how to read, we learn how to write - but nobody teaches you how to listen.
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Ringside seats mean you hear the breaking of ribs, the splattered cartilage of what was once the boxer's nose, the dislocation of the jaw, the horrifying 'ugggh' that the boxer utters milliseconds after receiving a crushing left hook to the solar plexus or kidneys or head.
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I'm a terrific mimic, and you can feel my funny bone.
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I definitely want to be an inspiration or a role model for all the little girls out there or anyone out there that wants to break stereotypes. I feel like I'm breaking stereotypes with what I'm doing. I'm not the typical fighter, and there's a lot of people out there that won't do something just because they don't fit the stereotype.
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It's grueling never knowing if the audience is going to think you're funny. It's soul-destroying when they don't laugh.
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I always wanted them to look like Hollywood movies; I just didn't know how to do it.
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If the graves of the thousands of victims who have fallen in the terrible wars of the two races had been placed in line the philanthropist might travel from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and from the Lakes to the Gulf, and be constantly in sight of green mounds.
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I hope my kids can experience the seasons and a climate that's sustainable. The idea that things are going to be so very different for them is slightly scary.
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I don't live in L.A. I actually live in Atlanta, Georgia. After I graduated from Spelman, I just stayed and never left. And I love it.
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When you don't work together you can't emerge as a force. It becomes what some call a "lonely struggle" and individual self-destruction.
