Michael Tolkin Quotes

On one level, nothing's really changed in my life. I still drive my daughter in the car pool on Monday. But it's impossible not to be aware of this rush of attention; it's impossible not to be seduced by it once you've entered into it, seduced by being unhappy when the attention wanes.

Michael Tolkin

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I was a star in Italy, Austrailia, Germany and Japan before the American stations ever paid attention at all.

Nancy Sinatra
- American
- Attention
- Star
A fighter lives in his training camp, and I'm not always paying attention to what is happening on the outside. But I do know the Mexican people and the Mexican-American people in this country are very hard-working people. That's my only comment about Donald Trump.

Canelo Alvarez
- People
- Country
- American
In such a diversity it was impossible I should be disposed to melancholy.

Daniel Boone
- Impossible
- Diversity
So my thing is we want come in and diffuse anything that's not real, anything that doesn't associate with real hip-hop. We want to be the one that says, 'Yo, we want to help build and build a bigger and better industry.' I'm just like, 'Yo, with talent from Toronto, Vancouver, Quebec. Who's paying attention?'

Raekwon
- Real
- Help
- Attention
Life is denied by lack of attention, whether it be to cleaning windows or trying to write a masterpiece.

Nadia Boulanger
- Life
- Trying
- Attention
I think that, occasionally, fame and popularity can garner more attention for individuals or films. But as a person who believes in my craft, I like the romantic notion that skill and hard work is more important than notoriety.

Nargis Fakhri
- Work
- Important
- Attention