Ayana Mathis Quotes
I think being consistent is really important. In the arts there's a misconception that you sit around waiting for the muse to come, and that it's all really mystical and mysterious. In reality, sometimes you have to fake it till you make it.
Ayana Mathis
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I usually speak with all my drummers so that I write my songs with them in mind, and we'll have bass sounds, choir sounds, and then you can multi-task with all these orchestral sounds. Through the magic medium of technology, I can play all kinds of sounds - double bass and stuff.
Bat for Lashes
We must recognize and keep in the public consciousness the significant contributions and sacrifices Americans of every community have made that have helped forge the greatest country our world has ever known.
Tammy Duckworth
The funny thing is I'm not even Latin. I was constantly getting Latin roles, and I was like, I even was nominated for an award, and I was like, 'Let them know at the NAACP, the first white woman. Let them know I'm totally grateful, but I'm not Latin. I can't do that. I play Latin.'
Vanessa Ferlito
It just happens to be that people like to associate poetry and rap music. I think that idea is kind of corny.
Thebe Neruda Kgositsile
Be true to yourself, and, um, don't worry about some large companies' quarterly profit index.
Natalie Merchant
Wanting to be in a Western film won't get me very far. Unless the opportunity arose, it doesn't matter how much I want to be in one. But if an opportunity did arise, no actor would pass it up.
Zhang Ziyi
It's dangerous to get too far from what they identify you with.
Jimmy Rushing
A harsh reality of newspaper editing is that the deadlines don't allow for the polish that you expect in books or even magazines.
Bill Walsh
If someone gives you an opportunity, you better maximize it so that he wants to give you the next one.
Adena Friedman
Something that is very special today might not be special tomorrow, but to hold it, to grasp it, to keep it, to make it special, to elevate it from the ordinary, that's when you open up the champagne. To make it sparkle.
Christoph Waltz
I don't support communism. I don't like that type of government.
Jesse Ventura
Every part I've done has been for one reason or another-money, or the part, or the director, or the location. I'd like to get one thing that's all of those combined.
Joan Severance
