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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• 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
  • World
  • Country
  • Community

• 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
  • Funny
  • Woman
  • Grateful

• 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
  • People
  • Music
  • Poetry

• Be true to yourself, and, um, don't worry about some large companies' quarterly profit index.

  

  Natalie Merchant
  • True
  • Worry
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• 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
  • Opportunity
  • Film
  • Actor

• Kids really have a lot more power than they think they have. They have the power to change the world. And they should know it.

  

  Laura Marano
  • World
  • Kids
  • Power

• Don't you think this outlaw bit has done got out of hand?What started out to be a joke, the law don't understand.Was it singing through my nose that got me busted by the man?Maybe this here outlaw bit has done got out of hand.

  

  Waylon Jennings
  • Done
  • Law
  • Hand

• Now there's no more oak oppressionFor they passed a noble lawAnd the trees are all kept equalBy hatchet, axe and saw - The Trees (1978)

  

  Neil Peart Rush

• I love playing. The keyboard is my journal.

  

  Pharrell Williams N.E.R.D.

• If insurance companies paid for lifestyle-management classes, they would save huge sums of money. We need to see that alternative medicine is now mainstream.

  

  Deepak Chopra
  • Money
  • Management
  • Insurance

• 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
  • Reality

• If someone gives you an opportunity, you better maximize it so that he wants to give you the next one.

  

  Adena Friedman
  • Opportunity

• 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
  • Up
  • Today
  • Champagne

• I don't support communism. I don't like that type of government.

  

  Jesse Ventura
  • Support

• 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
  • Money
  • Done

• I keep this crazy notebook of song ideas.

  

  Max von Essen
  • Song
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• I always find something to keep me busy.

  

  Amy Sedaris

• A 'reptilian revolution' has the potential to reshape manufacturing. The 'snakebots' being developed at Carnegie Mellon University aren't just useful for surgical or search-and-rescue purposes. They could also usher in a new, more customized era of mass production.

  

  Kelly Evans
  • Revolution
  • Search

• I'm constantly trying to strip away layers of perceived thought or cliche.

  

  Deborah Eisenberg
  • Trying

• I aim to write songs in a way that you don't have to have gone to Ghana to relate to it, you really just have to have a heart.

  

  Jason Mraz
  • Writing
  • Heart
  • Song

• The Internet was crucial for our success. It is a great thing. It is a big democracy because people can choose what they like.

  

  Stjepan Hauser 2Cellos
  • Success
  • Internet
  • Choose

• 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
  • Waiting
  • Fake
  • Consistent