Raheem DeVaughn Quotes
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Natural selection, as it has operated in human history, favors not only the clever but the murderous.
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I'm from New York, so I'm not a big driver.
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The way you write a screenplay is that you close your eyes and run the movie in your head and then you write it down.
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Perseverance, secret of all triumphs.
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I want to work with intelligent people and look for scripts that I think are intelligent and surprising.
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I think most people are aware of the garbage in the tabloids and don't give them a lot of credence.
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Only allow yourself to think negative thoughts and/or complain about anything for three minutes, three times a day.
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I never like to be the same, whether it be comedy or drama, funny or serious.
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Kafka truly illustrates the way the environment oppresses the individual. He shows how the unconscious controls our lives.
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I think comedy stems from being honest, often painfully so. I hope I can achieve that perspective in my own life and also have fun.
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It seems so long ago that I played the part of the Doctor.
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What do wealthy people do with their money? They can only buy so many cars, houses, and steak dinners. So we either give it away or invest it.
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The most peaceable tribes of today were often ravagers of yesteryear and will probably again produce soldiers and murderers in the future.
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When you have somebody in a position of power show interest in you after you've kind of been down and out, that's a big boost.
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The girls grew up playing in my closet - trying on my shoes, etc. Now the tables have turned.
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I was lucky enough to meet someone when I was about 46 and had my first child when I was 48, so I got started late, but I also got all that other stuff out of the way and was at a point where I could be a consistent presence at home.
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I'm one of five sisters. I'm the younger of twins, and we're the youngest of five girls, and we've always been very close. We were pretty much a gang. I take after my mother a lot in terms of personality and character. She was very positive; always looked on the bright side of things. She had a tough time of it with my dad but did her best.
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Somebody once asked me how I found Peter Jackson, and I said: 'Well, I parted his hair, and there he was.'
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I developed in my head that I'm never any better than my last concert or the last time I played, so it's like an audition each time. You get nervous just before going onstage. I still have that, but I think it's more like concern. You're concerned about the people - like meeting your in-laws for the first time.
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From my experience and understanding, I believe money follows name and fame, while recognition calls for a huge amount of sacrifice. To get something, you have to lose something. That's the rule of life.
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When donors visited the Black Panther Party, they came and saw our real programs, a real clinic, with real doctors and medics, giving service to people.
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Guys just don't care. We don't take the time to plan behind each other's back. We just say, If you don't like me, screw you'. If a guy doesn't like you, you know because you have a black eye.
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Me and my father went through a war period where we wasn't talking. He wanted me to go to theology school - I didn't want to go. I wanted to do music. I told him I was a minister through music.
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I've always been hands on with my music and my movement.
