Cathy Hughes (Catherine Liggins Hughes) Quotes
Not to let anyone convince you that your dream, your vision to be an entrepreneur is something that you shouldn't do. What often happens is that people who are well meaning, who really care for us are afraid for us and talk us out of it.
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It's a luxury to not have to just be performing with other people to have my music heard.
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I see my fans as music lovers. I really love that. There's no age group or demographic. It's people of all ages and backgrounds. Country people and non-country people. I wanted to make music across the board.
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As an old-time New Yorker, it's not that I miss the '70s and '80s or whatever. I miss the fact that there was a certain kind of energy that exists when people can live for nothing.
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I've learned over the years that people are human and have mood swings, regardless of how talented they are. Today, I'm looking at life from a realistic point of view instead of the way I would want things to be.
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Surveys show our standing around the world is higher than when I was elected to this office, and when it comes to every important international issue, people of the world do not look to Beijing or Moscow to lead - they call us.
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People have told me about organized crime in the fashion industry, but I can't talk about that. I'm looking to stay alive.
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A film is a director's vision... there is, however, much input an actor or actress can have.
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For a very small expence the public can facilitate, can encourage, and can even impose upon almost the whole body of the people, the necessity of acquiring those most essential parts of education.
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There are plenty of good people, but only a very, very few are precise and disciplined.
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A lot of people have been hyped up to be great but just disappeared. I promised myself I wouldn't be one of them.
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It's not always about the money and the fame, and a lot of people think that it is sometimes.
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There are a lot of rich people in the world. There are very few people who have the privilege of getting to invent things that billions of people use.
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I think there's this new kind of character; it's a sidekick-slash-leading man role. People like Zach Galifianakis and Seth Rogen have been really successful in those roles. You don't have to be this square-jawed, chiseled, deep-voiced Superman; you can be funny and normal and put in the leading man category.
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We tend to rush through life, generally. We don't appreciate the people around us, the relationships we have, or anything.
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'Howard the Duck!' That's a really interesting movie. I appreciate my career, because I've had a lot of very interesting ups and downs, and most people... That movie is such a famous flop. In a land of a lot of flops, it's kind of awesome to be in a really famous flop. I mean, it's kind of a poster child for flops.
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There's something very visceral about watching people beg for money. It's powerful.
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I don't want to walk in the middle. I want people to read what I write and feel strongly about it. If, at some point, whatever I am doing is failing to elicit a response, whether it's very positive or very negative, then I am going to stop doing it.
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I've learned from being in the woods that titles don't mean much and that actions speak a lot louder than words - even in Congress. I always look for the people who want to act - people who want to run the river or climb the mountain - even if they're not members of my political party.
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We want to take good tidings home to our people, that they may sleep in peace.
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For a good 10 to 12 years, I was working non-stop and I wasn't really enjoying my success.
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I can remember, after I started doing films, my mum began going to more arthouse films. She went to see 'Edward Scissorhands' and phoned me up and said: 'What was that all about? He had scissors on his hands.' Good question. I think she should review films on Channel 4.
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I have such an eclectic taste. I like listening to classical music and pop music.
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My arm bones looked like chicken bones.
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Not to let anyone convince you that your dream, your vision to be an entrepreneur is something that you shouldn't do. What often happens is that people who are well meaning, who really care for us are afraid for us and talk us out of it.
