will.i.am (William James Adams, Jr.) Quotes
If countries were people, England and France would be old men. Italy would be dead. Compared with them, America is in its 20s.
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I think there is an enormous sea change happening in the global workforce. It has a lot to do with globalization. I think that people used to have a hope for a career or meaningful employment, and its been reduced to internships, part-time work or just grossly underpaid work.
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The Haitian people are gentle and lovable except for their enormous and unconscious cruelty.
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Ego is one of the biggest weapons that is used to take us down. It's self-destructive. It's a problem on all levels - even regular people can have big ego problems.
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Since I started acting, I've always been aware of the sort of 'beastly entity' that is America and Hollywood, and semi-consciously, I devised a kind of route in - I'd seen a lot of people try and fail.
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I think the important thing we have to remember about football in this country is that it is very vibrant, and it's very good to watch, not only in the flesh but also on TV, because our stadiums are full.
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I've been quite fascinated by the relative insignificance of human existence, the shortness of life. We might as well be a letter in a word in a sentence on a page in a book in a library in a city in one country in this enormous universe! And that kind of fear and insignificance has kept me awake at night.
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I think what made it difficult for people to get, and still makes it difficult for people to get, is the theatrical nature of the work and the fact that, my music doesn't exist without the performance-art element.
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Political systems are run by self-selecting politicians. We don't draft people; it's not jury duty.
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Our games are not always the best, but they are exciting, which is what people love to see.
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People who run a ready-to-wear company are businessmen rather than production or design people.
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There's no doubt that 'Lion' is an audience pleaser. I mean, I went to a lot of research screenings all over, in London and America and Australia, and the results were ridiculous, and the crowds were... they just loved the movie, so for me, my job is done.
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Our education system is not preparing young people for the world they will face.
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I think the problem I have with films is that, because there's so much hype around them, they become bigger than they should be, really. There are things that people do every day in their little workshops that they'll take to heaven with them. You've got to realise that it's not everything, making films.
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A nation is a totality of men united through community of fate into a community of character.
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My job is to bring out in people what they wouldn't dare do themselves.
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When people know I wrote 'Thelma and Louise,' they don't want to mess with me.
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Writers are not just people who sit down and write. They hazard themselves. Every time you compose a book your composition of yourself is at stake.
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People ask me whether I see 'Star Wars' as a comedy or a tragedy, but it's really neither - it's partly a history, like 'Henry V,' and partly a fantasy, like 'The Tempest.'
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Restaurants remind me of bands: there's lots of camaraderie, people work very closely together, very hard, and it's a bad job to pick if you want to make lots of money. Whether music or food, the reward always has to be because you love it.
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One thing for certain you will not ever hear from me is praise for dictators and strongmen who have no love for America.
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I'm an Obama supporter, no question. But it doesn't mean there's nothing to learn from the other side.
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I am not going to participate in professional politics again.
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The joy of my career is I've been very blessed to be able to be an actor in major films, television, theater, and also British radio. In fact, my dream as an actor when I started out was to be able to work in all the media. Thankfully, that's what I'm being given to do.
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If countries were people, England and France would be old men. Italy would be dead. Compared with them, America is in its 20s.
