Oliver Emberton Quotes
Can a nasty, horrible person still produce good quality, uplifting and inspirational work?
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Throughout my Enterprise career, I have been primarily operationally focused.
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Ever since I was a child, I would start crying seeing anyone in pain.
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Being spontaneous is a blessing.
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When 'Mulholland Dr.' was voted the Best Film of the Decade, that was very meaningful for me. That film opened up incredible doors for me, and I believe that that was the reason I was given opportunities to play all kinds of characters.
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I feel at home in a lot of places, but I am truly an African-American.
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One thing that we decided very early in the relationship is that when he goes, we all go - the whole family.
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I am more afraid of those who are terrified of the devil than I am of the devil himself.
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I definitely associate music with color. For example, my first record has a red cover but it is totally green and blue to me.
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The time has come to end the suffering and the plight of millions of Palestine refugees in the homeland and the Diaspora, to end their displacement and to realize their rights, some of them forced to take refuge more than once in different places of the world.
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We all serve a purpose. My purpose isn't to be rejected. My purpose isn't to think small or to be introverted. This door closed is literally pushing me to the next door.
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There is something uniquely American about the motel: It speaks to the transient nature of America itself, one enabled and encouraged by our roads and highways.
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I find it slightly absurd that the only thing we consume more of than water is concrete.
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Parents are the last people on earth who ought to have children.
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You can never fully put your finger on the reason why you're suddenly, inexplicably compelled to explore one life as opposed to another.
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So if I get these actors for 30% of their price by coming in so late with an offer when they know they are not getting another offer then I do it this way.
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So many roles for women demand that you make the audience fall in love with you or sympathise with you.
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It's an unfortunate reality of life that toxins are constantly building up in our bodies.
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South African literature is a literature in bondage. It is a less-than-fully-human literature. It is exactly the kind of literature you would expect people to write from prison.
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I've actually done a cover of 'Train in Vain' by The Clash with Viv Albertine - which was originally written about her.
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I managed to get onto 'The Hobbit,' which is a story in itself. I missed the main round of auditions but managed to get a foot in the door at the last second - just as I came down with dysentery.
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I was a kid who got picked on in school, and now the guys beating up those kids were wearing red caps and using my music to fuel that aggression. But if they listen to the lyrics, the aggression is targeted at them.
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I think we're ripe for social revolution now. There is the necessary yearning, and the necessary, or at least incipient, outrage. And there is an inchoate knowing that all is not right.
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I just think Valentine's Day is a day to really appreciate the person you love, no matter who it is, and to spend time with them. I don't think it's all about fancy presents or whatever. I think it's about spending that quality time with that special person.
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Can a nasty, horrible person still produce good quality, uplifting and inspirational work?
