Boots Riley (Raymond Lawrence Riley) Quotes
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There's nowhere like Detroit; it's a modern necropolis: all these art deco masterpieces crumbling away.
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I have always wanted to work with Lingusamy, as he is a master of commercial cinema. I have always admired his etching of female characters.
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Effective preaching starts with loving the people we're preaching to.
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Manhattan seems pretty developed, you know what I mean? Like, it has peaked in culture.
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There are so many elements that make a good film. You need a great director who's driving it.
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I just wish that people will be kinder to me when I pass away.
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I love doing every role I do!
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Truth is not a matter of personal viewpoint.
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Every child matters. If we fail our children, we are bound to fail our present, our future, faith, cultures, and civilisations as well.
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Detroit is right now a new Mecca for Hip Hop.
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The point of college is more to acquire skills than to acquire domain knowledge. One of the skills that is going to be most necessary: you have to be able to read with rigor and write with clarity. You have to be able to communicate. To make an argument, whether it's in a written piece or in front of a group of people.
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I do not diminish the incredible symbolic importance of a black man getting elected president. But my euphoria was a smart guy getting elected president. Maybe for the first time in my lifetime we had elected one of the thousand smartest Americans president.
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The truth is I am not a very hands-on political wife; I don't get involved in day-to-day Downing Street life. They don't need me interfering, but in the evening, we will talk about each other's day. I try to stay out of the Westminster village. There are times when I will be surprised and curious about what's been announced.
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My parents were hippies.
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And Jesus, the heart of the Christian faith is the wildest, most radical guy you'd ever come across.
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Evil can and is overcome every minute of every day.
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On 'Glee,' the director can be like, 'Hey, your face is looking a little too intense here.' And they can show me the screen, and I can be like, 'I know exactly what to do here.'
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I appreciate the idea that anybody would think of me as a star. But I'm really not career oriented in the sense that I want to be a star. It's not in me. It's not what I do. In fact, I'm amazed that I've even gotten this far.
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If your religion does not change you, then you had better change your religion.
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Every new invention is like a baby. You think it may cure cancer or become the president, but in the end, you're happy it just stays out of jail.
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I'm very, very blessed.
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I love directing actors. In the last few years, I have started expanding my directing into workshops for actors who truly want to grow and learn. My mom was a high school drama teacher, and teaching makes me very happy. My workshops are nurturing.
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I first began to read religious books at school, and especially the Bible, when I was eleven years old; and almost immediately commenced a habit of secret prayer.
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In high school, everybody rapped. You just pounded on the table.
