Boots Riley (Raymond Lawrence Riley) Quotes
I think there's something your hormones do that makes a chemical change in the way you think.
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When you like something and you're pretty good at it and you can make a living doing it, you don't ask why. You just count your blessings and go with it.
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Promotions can be seen in two ways - either you hate them, and they're a burden, and you are getting through with it, or you can enjoy them. I decided early on that I was going to enjoy them. I did 43 interviews in a day for 'Kahaani.'
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I have super-supercurly hair, and it's a constant struggle.
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It is your work in life that is the ultimate seduction.
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Writing has always been an interest of mine, and 'The Language of Flowers' combined my experience with foster care with something I've always wanted to do.
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I'm a writer, so whatever gymnastics jump through my head, I write about it.
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Human interactions, stimulated as they are by disequilibrium, never achieve balance. In even the most favorable transaction, one party-whether he realizes it or not-must always come out the worse.
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I feel, like all modern Americans, no consciousness of sin and simply do not believe in it. All I know is that if God loves me only half as much as my mother does, he will not send me to Hell. That is a final fact of my inner consciousness, and for no religion could I deny its truth.
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While the hippocampus itself doesn't store memories, it serves to triage our experiences based upon their survival significance.
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Whatever America hopes to bring to pass in the world must first come to pass in the heart of America.
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People love stories. They need stories.
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I was always interested in baseball. In fact, in my younger years, I played it in an amateur way. But up to the time when I became identified with the Yankees, I was a strong National League rooter.
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Schools shouldn't have to choose between serving a student with special needs or cutting an art class, laying off teachers or using outdated textbooks. But these are the positions that far too many schools have been placed in, and only a meaningful acknowledgment of the problem can begin the process of getting them out.
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I've been playing music since I was born.
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When you live in hysteria, people start thinking emotionally.
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If we are not represented, we are slaves.
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In England, we're around so much American culture and TV anyway, so it's an accent that's always in our ear.
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On my 30th birthday, all the presents I got were boxes of food. That's what I needed.
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Following the enormous conjecture in the press over the last two weeks, I wish to confirm that I have been tested HIV positive and have AIDS. I felt it correct to keep this information private to date to protect the privacy of those around me. However, the time has come now for my friends and fans around the world to know the truth and I hope that everyone will join with my doctor and all those worldwide in the fight against this terrible disease.
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There is no praise to bear the sort that you put in your pocket.
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These days the biggest issue is how many calories you consume. So all of this stuff distracts people from thinking about calories.
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There are a lot of actors in the world, there's a small number that actually get to work as actors, and there is a tiny group of actors that are celebrated in the way that I have been. I feel incredibly lucky.
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My nervous energy is usually the easiest form of energy to tap into.
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I think there's something your hormones do that makes a chemical change in the way you think.
