Noel Clarke Quotes
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Being nervous isn't always the worst thing for me.
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And it was then that I realized wow, I'm able to write lyrics and sing and stuff like that.
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It's the persona that makes you a leading actor. A leading actor has something extra that's fun to watch. But it isn't usually about acting.
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I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning.
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My mother loved fashion and always had a great aesthetic. But she also considered the cost of it, with the kids, that it wasn't something to allow herself.
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I write music every day.
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What counts isn't the frame, it's what you put in it.
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What I always loved about theater is that that's an experience that a company of actors just sinks itself into for weeks, and you really get to work on the material, and by the time you're in front of an audience, you really own it.
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I have been acting since I was thirteen.
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Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.
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I was lucky that I started very young, since I had a very clear idea of what I wanted to do. But my father is very conservative, and he never considered fashion to be a real career but something I could pursue as a hobby. He wanted me to be a doctor, and at one point, I thought of becoming a plastic surgeon.
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I'm not in a position to go back into public service.
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I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.
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My choosing Islam was not a political statement; it was a spiritual statement.
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I always knew that I was going to be a writer. There was no question in my mind about that.
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In Europe, a writer is supposed to improve up until he's about 75.
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I'm much more shy than most of my family.
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The major political battles about guns in our society concern handguns and assault weapons, not long arms like hunting rifles.
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O you who reproach me, regarding my love, excuse me. From me to you if you do justice, you would not reproach me. My state of love has been expressed to you, now my secret is no longer concealed.
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People always want to be on the right side of history; it is a lot easier to say, 'What an atrocity that was' then it is to say, 'What an atrocity this is.'
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Most leaders are indispensable, but to produce a major social change, many ordinary people must also be involved.
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Actually, I wanted to become a journalist, but no matter who I imagined myself to be in the future, somehow I was sure: I would leave my hometown. I felt it was my destiny.
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I'm just who I am. I don't try to change myself for other people.
