Domenica Costa (Nikka Costa) Quotes
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Don't try and make a movie for someone else. You have to make it for you and trust that you're not that unique. And that'll matter to other people as well.
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Your ability to use the principle of autosuggestion will depend, very largely, upon your capacity to concentrate upon a given desire until that desire becomes a burning obsession.
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I think that black people, to a degree, need to have a certain level of dexterity. If we want to be at the highest level of whatever our field is, we have to be able to navigate both worlds. We all just know that you gotta be able to put that suit on and have a conversation with people that don't look like you or your family.
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The thoughtful soul to solitude retires.
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I have odd thumbs that are extremely flexible. I can bend them quite far down the back side of my hand, basically the opposite side you'd even try to attempt bending your thumb. Because of that, I'm a very good thumb wrestler.
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Finishing games has been something I'm really proud of, seeing something through to the end.
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The first test any poem must pass is no longer, 'Is it true to nature?' but a criterion looking in a different direction: namely, 'Is it sincere? Is it genuine?'
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I do Yoga. I'd like to say I do it every morning, but I don't, I just don't have the time.
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I won't join another band again.
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I am not going to share my private life with millions of people. I don't find a need to do that and nobody else close to me does either.
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If you employ an army, have money, bombard cyberspace with misinformation, innocent people tend to buy it.
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As an illustrator you need to understand the human body - but having looked at and understood nature, you must develop an ability to look away and capture the balance between what you've seen and what you imagine.
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We were then in a dangerous, helpless situation, exposed daily to perils and death amongst savages and wild beasts, not a white man in the country but ourselves.
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I was told that, when 'Betrayal' was being produced by one of the provincial companies in England, the two actors playing those roles actually went into a pub one day and played that scene as if it were really happening to them. The people around them became very uncomfortable.
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My best friend is my husband.
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Surviving is the only glory in war.
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I'm not perfect, but what's wonderful about eating a plant-based diet is, I don't have to be.
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If you like your brother and he's prospering, you'll be pleased for him.
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Although some people call me anti-feminist, I know I wasn't because Germaine Greer supported me.
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I chose the Xperia based on its functions. Apart from using the phone to communicate, I also use it to take pictures. The image quality with this cell phone is great.
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While there is a chance of the world getting through its troubles, I hold that a reasonable man has to behave as though he were sure of it. If at the end your cheerfulness in not justified, at any rate you will have been cheerful.
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I live in the 20th century. I have copper rivets on my jeans.
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Painters understand nature and love it, and teach us to see.
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It's important for you to do what you love and not let anyone bring you down.
