Akinyele (Akinyele Adams) Quotes
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You only live twice. Once when you are born and once when you look death in the face.
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Growing up in the public eye was really tough. When you're 14 and your body is changing, your life is changing, and people are watching every step you make, it's really hard to deal with. But I was pretty lucky, people didn't watch me that closely.
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Maybe I'm a glutton for punishment, but I enjoy anything where you get to flex your acting muscles, you get to really go for it.
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People automatically assume that because you're an actor, you're a blank canvas 24/7. But I can't wear what everyone else wears. If I went to an audition, I'd wear what the character would wear, but the moment I'm done with the audition or done filming, I go back into my high-waisteds.
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The audience is the best judge of anything. They cannot be lied to. Truth brings them closer. A moment that lags - they're gonna cough.
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My national identity is first American. My religious identity is first Muslim.
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Whenever I have had to write fiction, I've always had to invent a character who roughly has my background.
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Relationships, for me, have been elusive. And I would say mostly it's been my fault. I was always more concentrated on my career. And yes, you do question people's motives. Is it just because I'm him – I'm Nathan Lane?
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We were very poised and played well within the system.
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They flaunt their conjugal felicity in one's face, as if it were the most fascinating of sins.
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I am confident. Otherwise, I will not be working as I am working.
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As long as I draw breath and am able, I won't give up practicing philosophy.
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No disease is more dangerous than a bad husband, for if a woman catches that Pox, she'll languish from it her entire life.
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The media can make boxers, controls who makes it big and who doesnt. They can build up fighters or knock them down.
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They're not shooting me for deserting the United Stated Army – thousands of guys have done that. They're shooting me for bread I stole when I was 12 years old.
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I came into music just because I wanted the bread. It's true. I looked around and this seemed like the only way I was going to get the kind of bread I wanted.
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When I need bread, I grab the toaster and stick niggas for they crumbs.
