Muhammad Ali Quotes
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His advice to me is basically to just love what you do and don't let the fear of failure stop you.
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The hand is the cutting edge of the mind.
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You have to realize that up until about 1959, Africa was dominated by the colonial powers. And by the colonial powers of Europe having complete control over Africa, they projected Africa always in a negative light - jungles, savages, cannibals, nothing civilized.
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I feel like you are doing better for the world if you're honoring you because everything is getting the authentic you.
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If there's a trait for not sleeping, I probably have it.
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To be honest with you, a lot of directors can be very lazy.
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It's interesting, because I named my first album after my dad because I wanted to find him. My second album was named after my mom because I felt like I learned all my creative talents I learned from her. All the survival stuff, too. And then the next album is 'Maya,' which is not my real name. It's fake.
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Meditation is difficult for many people because their thoughts are always on some distant object or place. One form of meditation is to label the thought as it appears and then choose to let it go.
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As human beings, we all have reasons for our behavior. There may be people who have certain physiological issues that dictate why they make certain choices. On the whole, though, I think we're dictated by our structure, our past, our environment, our culture. So once you understand the patterns that shape a person, how can you not find sympathy?
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The bad boy: always more fun.
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The major political battles about guns in our society concern handguns and assault weapons, not long arms like hunting rifles.
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All of the charities we're involved with have touched me in one way or another on a personal level. There are about eight or nine charities that I support.
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I don't think anyone really is interested in reading about my emotional state. It's not even interesting to me.
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My style is kind of eclectic and I don't like to do the same thing over and over again. I like to have fun and explore myself so you won't see the same design.
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I am happy in Paris.
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When you're young, you're always concerned about how you're being seen and how you're being criticized.
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Could one live on the sense of beauty alone, exempt from the necessity of 'creature comforts,' a sea-voyage would be delightful.
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When you go on an audition it's very frightening.
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Youth is really in your attitude, not in what you look like.
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Words should be employed as the means, not as the end: language is the instrument, conviction is the work.
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The older I get, the less I know. By that I mean the less I am sure of. I view people with strong opinions on the big stuff with distrust. I don't think we should have certain certainties on faith and politics; I think we should be open-minded.
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What are you going to focus on, that's what affects everybody's life. If you focus on what you can't control, you're a little crazy inside, angry and depressed. If you focus most of the time on what you don't have instead of what you do have, you're going to be extremely unhappy.
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Communication is the key, and it's one thing I had to learn-to talk to the actors. I was so involved with the visual and technical aspects that I would forget about the actors.
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What you are thinking is what you are becoming.