Kadir Nelson Quotes
Be present in your work because kids live in the moment, so as soon as you're not in the present, you're not being authentic.
Quotes to Explore
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The Saudi government's denial of basic rights to women is not only wrong, it hurts Saudi Arabia's economic development, modernization and prosperity.
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If we could all figure out a way to just be true to ourselves and have a good time doing what we're doing, it would be a lot more fun.
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As far as religion goes, I feel like everyone should have their own one-on-one with God.
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Once brave politicians and others explain the war on drugs' true cost, the American people will scream for a cease-fire. Bring the troops home, people will urge. Treat drugs as a health problem, not as a matter for the criminal justice system.
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I can go to a country song, go right into it and make it sound authentic. And I think that's because of my ear as an impressionist.
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I am so grateful that I accepted the offer to do 'CSI,' but it was like being shot out of a cannon, and it was so different from anything that I have ever done.
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Parents are the last people on earth who ought to have children.
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Corporate nationalism to me is a little bit like what would have happened if Hitler had won. It's scary stuff. It's totalitarianism in a different from, under a different flavour.
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I am a bit of a Cheap Pete, but I do spend a fortune on books and false moustaches and practical jokes.
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I love my shape because I work really hard at it. I honor my body by working out and seeing what it can do.
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I took the first James Kelman novel, 'The Bus Conductor Hines', home to my dad. I thought, 'My dad will like this; it's written in Scots.' But my dad said: 'I can't read that.' He was reading James Bond and John le Carre. That was part of what attracted me to crime - the idea of getting a wide audience.
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I don't think you'll ever get enough picking.
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I saw that nothing was permanent. You don't want to possess anything that is dear to you because you might lose it.
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If you look at the carrying capacity of agricultural areas throughout the world, their ecological habitats are changing. So I think we're looking at - in our lifetime - great collapses of food services.
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I don't have a process; I just feel it. My book on acting would be very short.
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My giving story started with my parents - my late mother, Frances Arrillaga, who dedicated her life to philanthropic and community service, and my father, John Arrillaga, whose daily generosity of heart, mind, and hands-on contributions make him one of the most extraordinary philanthropists I know.
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I will run against anybody.
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I would say I've always lived creativity, but now I - I do it with an intention that's got a completely different power.
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And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.
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We wanted to make a wearable of tomorrow that is designed for everyone. I can proudly say Galaxy Gear is tomorrow's state of the art.
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I think what people respond to, and what they're responding to so strongly, is I'm very myself on stage. What you see in person is very much who I am on stage.
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Maintaining boundaries is hard. That's why I strongly prefer the physical separation of work and home.
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Empress of the Universe would be way too much work. I'd have to wear fancy clothes, probably including lady shoes with pointed toes, and could no longer slouch into the study in PJs and slippers. Someone would (avert!) straighten my desk. Someone would reorganize my yarn stash...in fact, they'd assign someone else to knit my socks, thus depriving me of an excuse to rest my brain while pretending to accomplish something useful.
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Be present in your work because kids live in the moment, so as soon as you're not in the present, you're not being authentic.
