Tommy Davidson Quotes
New Jack City' and 'Boyz 'N the Hood' are realities, but movies like 'Strictly Business' are realities, too.
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After building most of Mint.com's prototype by myself, I talked to anyone and everyone I knew about Mint. It's counter-intuitive, because you might fear someone will steal your idea, but it's the only way to make connections, be sure you're on the right track, and provide a solution for an audience broader than yourself.
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Alcohol is necessary for a man so that he can have a good opinion of himself, undisturbed be the facts.
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We have a lot of Brazilians in the United States. It doesn't mean we're traitors to our country.
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A fine line separates Chinese intellectuals and professors from the political gangsters who protect them.
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The Middle East is the tinder box of the world, and to be able to remove a nuclear threat of any kind out of Iran, that would have been a big deal, very positive step forward.
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I'm intrigued by a tough situation, and I try to do something with it.
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A good night in is a series of documentaries.
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When girls can get an education and women can work and run businesses or even serve as elected officials, the world benefits.
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I wrote a novel for my degree, and I'm very happy I didn't submit that to a publisher. I sympathize with my professors who had to read it.
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I've never been able to lift my own weight, and the day when you have that capacity, it's pretty empowering!
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Full Frame is where I had the first showing of my first film, 'Street Fight.' I have a fond memory of pacing around outside the theater, nervously trying to keep from throwing up. It's a magical festival, well curated, with a warm and generous spirit.
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It's so nice to know that there are other ways to treat your animal than just giving up on them.
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Morale is good; troops are confident; leaders are capable.
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The counterpart of the suicide is the seeker; but the difference between them is slight.
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I was never a fanatical movie person.
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The 2004 Election marks the first time in modern political history that Republican voter turnout matched Democratic turnout in a presidential election year.
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A career in the theatre demands so much commitment.
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You cry tears when a man leaves you at any age - it doesn't matter whether you are 20 or 60.
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There was a time when we were in a van and handing out the CDs at Warped Tour. We had a two-song EP that we were just handing out for free just to promote ourselves. That was on the 'Waking the Fallen' record, and we were just going around and handing out the CDs and stuff like that.
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Writing is my way of expressing - and thereby eliminating - all the various ways we can be wrong-headed.
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For some reason, my main movie, Lady Sings the Blues, to me really isn't me. I really can let go of Diana Ross when I see the movie. I'm really objective when I'm watching it. I liked that movie so much. That movie was like magic so that when I'm looking at it I'm really not seeing myself, I'm seeing the actress. I'm seeing another person, not the me of me.
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Nobody intimidates me.
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Great leaders and great organizations are good at seeing what most of us can’t see. They are good at giving us things we would never think of asking for.
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New Jack City' and 'Boyz 'N the Hood' are realities, but movies like 'Strictly Business' are realities, too.
