Rashid Johnson Quotes
Dealing with actors is incredibly complex because they oftentimes are like pieces of clay. They want to be told how you want it done. You have to then decide if you want to be the teller or if you want to give them agency.
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Drug manufacturers could afford to sell AIDS drugs in Africa at virtually any discount. The companies said they did not do so because Africa lacked the requisite infrastructure.
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I don't pray because I don't want to bore God.
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It is only because of problems that we grow mentally and spiritually.
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At some point, you decide to take something you really like and turn it into a business you love.
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I decide immediately if I like a person and if I do, then I'm myself, and if I don't, then I give nothing.
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We did not become libertarians because we are altruists.
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We can reorient our products and business strategy because we are an agile organisation.
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I remain on 'SVU' because it is an incredible opportunity.
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You really think that on my films people tell me what to do? I don't think so. On my films I decide.
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I'm always the cousin that can't make it to the family functions because I'm busy.
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I wanted to play incredibly challenging, multifaceted characters. Because we are all a puzzle.
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I don't know what would I do in future; I'll decide it later.
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I don't decide my politics based on the flavour of the month.
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At school, I got teased because I was so thin and awkward-looking.
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I just have a thing for writers. Maybe it because I'm just so not a writer.
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Something even minor I do is going to be reported because of things that have happened in the past. You have to be aware of that.
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Everything I do today is because of what I did when I was 14.
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I've always been partial to werewolves, perhaps because there's a desperation to their plight that resonates.
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I grew up on Chicago's South Side in a working-poor family, so I watched everything on television. It was like my window on the world. But we also went to the movies pretty regularly - mostly on Tuesdays, because that was Ladies Night, and my mom could get in for free.
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The yogi offers his labyrinthine human longings to a monotheistic bonfire dedicated to the unparalleled God. This is indeed the true yogic fire ceremony, in which all past and present desires are fuel consumed by love divine.
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Love is a force more formidable than any other. It is invisible - it cannot be seen or measured, yet it is powerful enough to transform you in a moment, and offer you more joy than any material possession could.
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I've been blessed; I've been getting so many amazing opportunities because of the UFC. I know there are going to be haters no matter how successful I am, and I just have to be thankful for all the blessings that I have because all of it can be over before you know it.
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At my first Golden Globes, I met people I was very much enamored by: Julianne Moore, Meryl Streep, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. It was surreal to see them in person.
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Dealing with actors is incredibly complex because they oftentimes are like pieces of clay. They want to be told how you want it done. You have to then decide if you want to be the teller or if you want to give them agency.
