Boots Riley (Raymond Lawrence Riley) Quotes
A lot of what we say and do are regurgitated things that have to do with what we think we're supposed to be saying and doing.
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I was doing community theater since I was about nine.
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What these guys are doing is great for Argentinean tennis. This is motivating other people.
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There are a variety of techniques to help people change the kind of thinking that leads them to become depressed. These techniques are called cognitive behavioral therapy.
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What I think you are going to see is with DACA being gone, it gets rid of the magnet of drawing people over here, thinking they are going to come in and get amnesty.
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I prefer doing feature films.
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'Last Man Standing' is overall a lot of comedy. And I love doing that.
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I love film. I've always been enchanted by doing film. It's something I grew up watching - classics and directors I admire - so that's something I've always been passionate about.
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In the Arab world, there is no link between the cultural habits of peoples and the ways of thinking and creating of modern intellectuals. They are two separate worlds.
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Creative thinking inspires ideas. Ideas inspire change.
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Las Vegas and I both grew up together, and all of a sudden I was doing things that no performer had ever done before.
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Preventing children from going to school, and preventing teachers from doing their jobs, seems to be not just undemocratic but intolerable.
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I love the challenge of having an audience know what you're thinking without having to tell the audience what you're thinking.
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The first record I ever listened to was Elvis Presley, and I remember thinking, 'Man this guy is cool!' The swagger he had really helped my confidence, because he really made me think that a white boy could make music like this.
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After you start learning all about the mechanics of piloting a riverboat, you stop seeing all the pretty sunsets and you start thinking about the weather.
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With my plays, when the lights go down, at least the audience isn't thinking, 'Oh, God, two more hours of this.'
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People say, write what you know, but it's really, write about what obsesses you. Write about what you're thinking about all the time.
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I was raised thinking I'd burn in hell for being gay, but I didn't have a choice. It's just who I am.
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I would finally renounce my delusional hypotheses and revert to thinking of myself as a human of more conventional circumstances and return to mathematical research.
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Conspiracies fascinate me. When I visited the Rozabal shrine in Srinagar before writing my first book, I remember thinking that the person enshrined there was no ordinary mortal. History is rife with mysteries, and that visit ignited a fire to unveil some of them.
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There are animals we haven't stopped by. Don't think they're harmless. Life will defend itself no matter how small it is.
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There is a reason why the other man thinks and acts as he does. Ferret out that reason — and you have the key to his actions, perhaps to his personality. Try honestly to put yourself in his place.
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You have to change the set, stay ahead of the curve.
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I come from a family of domestics. I think most African-Americans of my age do. They were trusted by their bosses. I have met so many white people that spent more time with their nannies than they have with their own parents.
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A lot of what we say and do are regurgitated things that have to do with what we think we're supposed to be saying and doing.
