Raoul Peck Quotes
[James] Baldwin is needed even more today because he helps you focus to the essential, to what is important.
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I think why I was attracted to making something with Vice is that level of intimacy that you get as the viewer, getting to see some of that production element where we don't exactly know what we're doing, where we're going, or even if it's a good idea.
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I always ask, why can't I be just like Cary Grant or something.
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The important thing is that men should have a purpose in life. It should be something useful, something good.
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If I have a Sunday free, I'll go up the coast and spend some time on the beach. I scuba dive and swim and sail. A lot of the things I like are around the water.
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I constantly remind people that crime isn't solved by technology; it's solved by people.
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Sometimes God presents opportunities that look insignificant or rather ordinary. Perhaps you don't see how they fit into the big picture for your life. But if God is asking you to do something, He has a purpose for it.
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I don't want to be on the Internet.
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Most people want to become movie stars and I just want to be in the business. I already was a star. If I get the part of a lifetime and it blows up, then that's wonderful. But if the acting doesn't work, fine. I'll just be a producer. And if the producing doesn't work, fine. I've got a lot of other stuff.
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There's definitely an interest in Scotland and what happened here. I think the rest of the world are fascinated by our history, and it's nice to be able to bring Scotland and our culture and music to the screen.
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When I was kid, I remember playing 'Vogue' by Madonna over and over and over again. And ah, you know, something about the beat was really cool, and Madonna, visually, was on TV all the time and I thought she was just so beautiful.
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Ladies, I'll let you in on a lil secret: guys don't notice your nails.
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When I was really young, my babysitters had horses, and I started riding them.
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I have been married for 58 years to the same woman. Our secret? Separate bathrooms.
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On the field, blacks have been able to be super giants. But, once our playing days are over, this is the end of it and we go back to the back of the bus again.
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I don't have ideas so much as there are things which constantly evolve... there are various threads or layers, if you like, which change.
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The negro troops are easier to preserve discipline among than our white troops, and I doubt not will prove equally good for garrison duty. All that have been tried have fought bravely.
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For it stirs the blood in an old man’s heart, And makes his pulses fly,To catch the thrill of a happy voice And the light of a pleasant eye.
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Being polite and grateful will make people more inclined to help you. And if people are willing to help you, you may accidentally get something you want.
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You know, actors are fans, too. And talent is very attractive to me.
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I think there's a contrast between being vulnerable and, you know, 'Girl Power!' I think it's important to have that balance because you don't have to be strong all the time.
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God's designs may be frequent justification for our actions, but it is we, the self-made men, who take the credit.
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All women have insecurities and bad times. What counts is how you overcome them.
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Aig [F.-M. Sir Douglas Haig] 'e don't say much; 'e don't, so to say, say nothin'; but what 'e don't say don't mean nothin', not 'arf. But when 'e do say something--my Gawd!
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[James] Baldwin is needed even more today because he helps you focus to the essential, to what is important.
