Arthur Jafa Quotes
The problem with black cinema in its current form is on the one hand it is the only game in town; it's a very structured set-up and it's not conducive to get at the kinds of things I'm trying to portray using the cinematic apparatus to show black sociality and how it functions.
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In theory, taxes should be like shopping. What I buy is government services. What I pay are my taxes.
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I came to Berlin not to visit its museums and galleries, its operas, its theaters... but for the sake of seeing and speaking with the world's greatest living man - Alexander von Humboldt.
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My reasons for declaring a sexual preference had to do less with the pursuit of personal freedom than with the lust for pure shock value.
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You have to keep listening and thinking and being critical and self-critical. Remember General Nivelle, in the First World War, at Verdun? He said he had the solution and then destroyed the French Army until it mutinied.
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There's a really easy way of just kind of wearing make-up but looking like there's nothing on your face... I'm still not very good at it, and I'm learning slowly.
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Look, maybe I'm just not good at multi-tasking and am, therefore, jealous of those of you who can get in a workout while yammering on your cell phone, but for the love of all that is good and pure, shut your yap!
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I love to rock 'n roll. But my finest suit, of all the things I do, is as a songwriter.
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My wife's income allowed me to do what I really loved. I realized that women's liberation is men's liberation, too.
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There's very few geniuses that come and revolutionize everything. For the rest of us that want to be artists and have something to say, it's a lot of work and a lot of luck.
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Over the years, I have studied church history as well as the contemporary church, and I noticed how rare it is for a God-glorifying transition of leadership to take place in a local church.
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To be perfectly happy it does not suffice to possess happiness, it is necessary to have deserved it.
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I look back on my life like everybody does but not just career. I mean I look back on my life as a whole, so I don't think that I dwell there or anything and in terms of work I hope that there is a lot in front of me.
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One of my favorite movies of all time is 'Bugsy Malone.'
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The best physique I ever had was when I was ballet dancing.
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I did green screen for the first time! I wouldn't like to do a whole movie of green screen, though. You kind of forget the plot a little - like being in a Broadway play and doing it over and over and forgetting your line halfway through.
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Soul is the central point of spiritual discipline.
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You have to trust your body to take care of you.
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I see a New York where people who are down on their luck can get back on the road to responsibility, a job and dignity.
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If we can remain present and deal with the moment in front of us, no matter what our battle, then if we lose, we'll know that ultimately we weren't supposed to win that battle in the first place.
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An old black ram is tupping your white ewe
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All women have insecurities and bad times. What counts is how you overcome them.
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In a democracy, dissent is an act of faith.
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As the years go by and I make more films, I am increasingly interested in capturing place as a vivid backdrop for my films.
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The problem with black cinema in its current form is on the one hand it is the only game in town; it's a very structured set-up and it's not conducive to get at the kinds of things I'm trying to portray using the cinematic apparatus to show black sociality and how it functions.
