Hakeem Seriki (Chamillionaire) Quotes
I'm trying to go to places where people wouldn't normally, to try to get some new fans.
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My mom really inspired me. She has always taught me it's not about us, it's about what we can give back.
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I talk every day about doing the right thing.
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I don't think nostalgia has to be negative.
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I've always really been interested in the Pygmalion myth and both what it has to say about creativity and what it has to say about relationships between men and women.
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Pat Riley, Dave Checketts and Ernie Grunfeld - they brought the Knicks back to the glory days. It started with Rick Pitino. We took our first step with him, making the playoffs. When Pat came in we just kicked the door open.
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My hope that Thatcher would inadvertently bring about a new political revolution was well and truly bogus. All that sprang out of Thatcherism were extreme financialisation, the triumph of the shopping mall over the corner store, the fetishisation of housing and Tony Blair.
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Any competent actor could have done what I did.
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We've all read, I'm sure, a Superman book where we didn't really feel like we knew the character. Where the writer, often with the best of intentions, has tried put a personal stamp on the character, whether it be to try and make him more current, or cool, or have a broader appeal, etc.
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Sport can bring communities together and can release a lot of pent-up emotions.
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I keep pushing buttons and trying to grow as a person and as a filmmaker.
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As an actor, I have casting issues. I'm a minority. I don't have trouble making a living, but as far as being on the food chain of the pecking order of actors, I'm not at the top of it. With the jobs that I do, there are always control issues with directors and producers.
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A schoolmaster should have an atmosphere of awe, and walk wonderingly, as if he was amazed at being himself.
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He that complies against his will is of his own opinion still.
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For me, being a writer was never a choice. I was born one. All through my childhood I wrote short stories and stuffed them in drawers. I wrote on everything. I didn't do my homework so I could write.
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You learn from things that don't go well, and you try to capitalize when they do. You build on those strengths and try to make your weaknesses stronger.
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Success isn't always going to be a huge contract; success is going to be if you just live out your purpose in life.
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The doctors have given me a green light. They have said that my heart is significantly more efficient today than it was four months ago. And I am anxious to be the next president of the United States.
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My parents don't press it but, you know, they're into good grades.
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I like to give dimension to shots inside action scenes. It's demanding because you have to rehearse a lot of things happening at the same time and frame all those things in a shot. But I feel like when you accomplish that then you've got a cool action scene.
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I've seen 'Fried Green Tomatoes' too many times. I love life stories told in flashback.
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Life grows relative to one’s investment in it.
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'Peter Pan,' I think, was a game-changer. That was the first song that really had some heartbeat to it... I think that's the song that got people's attention.
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I'm trying to go to places where people wouldn't normally, to try to get some new fans.
