La'Porsha Renae Quotes
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What was once underground is now coming to the surface.
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Films are not the sole area in my life. Films are a passion. But it's not like I'll die if I don't get another movie. I'll grow, I'll flourish, I'll learn something new, but I'll always do something that I like. If I get the right film, I'll do it. I will not compromise for anything else.
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I just didn't expect an acoustic version of Rock'n'Roll All Nite.
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I was king of the mountain for a long time, well, I don't want that no more. I like to perform every once in a while for people who want to see me, and cut albums of music that is what I'm really about.
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I'm very close with Bob and his lovely, fabulous wife Catherine, too.
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Tragedy is like strong acid - it dissolves away all but the very gold of truth.
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What Shakespeare was able to do in English he would certainly not have done in French.
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Write for yourself. That's it. And write every day.
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The economics profession advances by one confusing financial disaster at a time.
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I changed that system in Florida when I was the Speaker of the House - I was the Minority Leader; I saw for 16 years the way a power system works.
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I was always more interested in story songs, things with a point of view... and things that informed me.
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I am from Karnal, India.
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I can only think of music as something inherent in every human being - a birthright. Music coordinates mind, body and spirit.
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I got a chance to work with Mel Brooks on two of his films: Silent Movie and High Anxiety.
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I have two children who died before reaching 30, so who am I to complain about being alive?
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You cannot tailor-make the situations in life but you can tailor-make the attitudes to fit those situations.
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I needed to purge myself of all the attention my parents had given me – I wasn't neglected enough as a child.
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I've always been creating my whole life, you know. I've just had a need to create, whether it was sculpting or writing or directing. It's just ever since I was a kid, I don't know.
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I did absolutely grow up in a world surrounded by people who were always performing and being flamboyant.
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You could easily tell that hardwork and perseverance go hand in hand with patience. We often hear people say patience is worth it, yet we don't practice it. I did and look how well it worked out for me.
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There is no one who can stop you; you find a mic, a crowd, a set of ears, and nowadays, a camera and YouTube, and you recite your poem. You have your say. I don't want to over-romanticize it: of course, any time an art form ascends, especially when competition is involved, there will be gatekeeping, chauvinism, and other unfortunate dynamics. But the beauty of spoken word and performance poetry is, by and large, its ability to reach people in the moment - right there, right then.
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The problem with relying on nostalgia for commentary is that people only remember the good things.
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They were really getting quite fond of their strange pet and hoped that Aslan would allow them to keep it. The cleverer ones were quite sure by now that at least some of the noises which came out of his mouth had a meaning. They christened him Brandy because he made that noise so often.
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I come from really humble people. We never had a lot.
