Ed Askew Quotes
My favorite time is late at night. I seem to wake up and want to work after 10pm, in my bubble of night.
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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I'm as radical as libertarians come.
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If DreamWorks and Disney need that name to sell the cartoon and get people in the seats, that's what they need. It's not fair, but there's plenty of other work for us to do.
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I am not reggae, I am me. I am bigger than the limits that are put on me. It all has to do with the individual journey.
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You can't be around Oprah and not have her influence you, and I don't mean that because she's doling out the free advice. I mean it because she is someone that leads with truth and follows her heart. She's a force.
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Taking part in an Olympics on home ground is something you dream about.
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'Mahershala' is my nickname.
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South African literature is a literature in bondage. It is a less-than-fully-human literature. It is exactly the kind of literature you would expect people to write from prison.
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The first and most important is to emphasize the enduring nature of the alliance relationship particularly with Europe which does share our values and interests even if it disagrees with us on specific policies.
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I had to give myself permission to act, then others agreed.
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My education was very tough.
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I almost always start with setting! I have to know the world before I know how to populate it. I have a tendency to play with doors - between life and death, human and monster, mundane and magic - and with 'ADSOM,' I knew I wanted to play with the physical doors between worlds.
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I'm not big on remakes.
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People say, 'Do you ever miss being a normal teenager?'
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I would like to cite an instance which proves the efficacy of clean living on the part of an athlete coupled with the inspiration received from a champion which go a long way to making a champion.
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I like to be someone else. I like to be someone other than myself. I grew up watching movies and being a fan of what I'd seen portrayed in the movies, and I always wanted to do that one day.
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Have I done something for the general interest? Well then I have had my reward. Let this always be present to thy mind, and never stop doing such good.
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I read, I gossip, I do crosswords. I think chatting with friends is relaxing. I've picked them up all through my life - if you live long enough, you end up with quite a large circle.
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If science were communism, was it also not possible that communism could itself become a science?
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The first year I had money, I really went shopping. I got really caught up in it. I bought all my brothers sets of luggage, and I bought 'em winter coats from Giorgio Armani - winter coats. And I got a pair of socks from this brother.
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The breadth of work that's possible is wider and deeper for someone who looks like me in the States than it is in the U.K.
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I have a final word of advice to our students. If you work very, very hard, this is the kind of actor, writer and director you may turn out to be, and if you work extra hard, this is the kind of person you may turn out to be.
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My favorite time is late at night. I seem to wake up and want to work after 10pm, in my bubble of night.
