Reg E. Cathey (Reginald Eurias Cathey) Quotes
I don't barbeque myself because that would involve me cooking. And whereas I can, I'm not a very good cook.
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The moment you give up your principles, and your values, you are dead, your culture is dead, your civilization is dead. Period.
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I think there is some truth to the fact that yeah, okay, cool, obviously the more mainstream kind of easier-to-grasp-onto dance music has become popular, but that holds true with almost any genre. It wasn't like the Sex Pistols hit the radio. It was poppier versions of that is what hit. It's never, like, the true core stuff.
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Over my career, I've had to do a lot of shows that involve stunts, and I so enjoy stunts.
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I feel like maybe I'm part of that generation that became more of a gamer than a video consumer. It's always been something I've done with my spare time. If I had three hours on a Friday night, I'm not out partying. I'm probably playing video games.
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The horror genre is vast and full of brilliance. Stephen King, Shirley Jackson, Herman Melville, the book of Esther. I'll happily join that list.
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Have you seen that show on Lifetime about that woman...?
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If public opinion still endorses military action that's one thing, but if they wait maybe it will not. So it's not only impatience, but there are several other factors.
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I can't bear the thought of my mother having to push me around in a wheelchair. I'd rather die quickly.
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I have some sweets now and then, but I wouldn't say I have a major sweet tooth.
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We grew up listening to alternative music from the '90s, and there was no shame in being on a major label and still making the music you wanted to make. I feel like rap rock came around and drew a line in the sand, and everybody that was like me ran away from that and started making indie-rock.
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I love being toned and having muscle; it's so sexy and beautiful. And I owe it 100 percent to yoga.
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A good newspaper is never nearly good enough but a lousy newspaper is a joy forever.
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I'm very grateful that President Obama has lifted the restrictions on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research.
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I spend so much time on the screen when I am writing, the last thing you want to do is spend more time on the Internet looking at a screen. That's what I hate about all this technology.
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Humans are very good at dreaming, although you’d never know it from your television.
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I am one of the most irresponsible beings that ever lived. Irresponsibility is part of my invisibility; any way you face it, it is a denial. But to whom can I be responsible, and why should I be, when you refuse to see me?
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Honest work is much better than a mansion.
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I would never apologize for photographing rocks. Rocks can be very beautiful. But, yes, people have asked why I don’t put people into my pictures of the natural scene. I respond, 'There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.' That usually doesn’t go over at all.
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I'm very strict in my belief that non-fiction should be truthful, and fiction is for invented narratives.
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You are not Atlas carrying the world on your shoulder. It is good to remember that the planet is carrying you.
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While I was in high school, I started working professionally and got an agent.
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We are a very youth-driven culture, and I don't really know why because wisdom tends to come with more years, not fewer.
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I don't barbeque myself because that would involve me cooking. And whereas I can, I'm not a very good cook.
