Chika Anadu Quotes
I definitely don't intend to only make films about Nigerians or Africans. I want to make films about people, any people.
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In the eyes of many people, giving doesn't count unless it's completely selfless. In reality, though, giving isn't sustainable when it's completely selfless.
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When people say hello to me, I feel like maybe I know them from somewhere, because they say, like, 'Hi! How are you?' And I'm like, 'Oh, hi!' And then I realize, 'Oh, no, they just think they know me because they watched me in a movie.' Which is cool, but definitely not a normal thing.
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If a superhero knocks over a building, and there are 5,000 people in the building that we can presume are now dead, does it matter? Because they're not people we know. But if one dog we like gets run over by a car, it's the worst thing we've ever seen. I totally understand where that visceral reaction comes from. I have that same reaction.
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I was raised in Harlem. I never found a book that took place in Harlem. I never had a church like mine in a book. I never had people like the people I knew. People who could not find their lives in books and celebrated felt bad about themselves. I needed to write to include the lives of these young people.
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My character in 'Batman v Superman' isn't supposed to be Japanese, but director Zack Snyder said he'd seen me in 'Wolverine' and had to get me in the film somehow. Hearing that was like music to my ears.
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All serial killers want to win. They choose victims they can kill successfully.
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I get really nervous when people are like, 'I saw you in a trailer! I saw you on TV!' Genuinely, my cheeks get red.
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What's amazing is that so many leaders who value teamwork will tolerate people who aren't humble. They reluctantly hire self-centred people and then justify it because those people have desired skills.
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I know this independence is what people like most about my brand.
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Lots of people still don't think of golf as a sport.
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There's the assumption being made by the national security advisers to the Obama administration that the North Korean leadership is not suicidal, that they know they will be obliterated if they attacked the United States. But I would point that everything in South Korea and Japan is well within range of what they might want to do.
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The way people love sci-fi is how I love cartoons.
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The most important part of any acquisition is your ability to culturally integrate the people in the companies you acquire and your company.
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I don't mind being goofy and silly. I love to make people laugh and I'm not self-conscious.
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I feel that I have such an abundance in my life, and once you've seen how many people suffer and how little it takes for you to actually change their lives for the better, it's hard not to do something.
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Of course, most people remember that I received the first perfect 10 in Olympic gymnastics competition.
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I'm a big believer in free enterprise. If people want to try it, then go for it.
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Countries are poor not because their people are lazy; their people are 'lazy' because they are poor.
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It is so characteristic, that just when the mechanics of reproduction are so vastly improved, there are fewer and fewer people who know how the music should be played.
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Says he, 'I am a handsome man, but I'm a gay deceiver'.
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People bore me. Film people particularly bore me. I prefer talking to my trees
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I remember being a kid - if a new member joined a group, I just didn't like that at all.
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Children depend mightily on animals for comfort, inspiration, imagination, and art. And parents have long recognized this.
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I definitely don't intend to only make films about Nigerians or Africans. I want to make films about people, any people.
