Randall Kennedy Quotes
As soon as you say that there is a community called, let's say, black Americans, you've immediately created a boundary line - who's in that group, who's outside that group.
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People hear the examples of kids who work when they're young, have bad experiences, and then have a rough life after that, but a lot of it is just about the people around you.
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The first job I ever had was at a pool-liner-manufacturing plant. Minimum wage was $4.25, and that's what I was making. It was this huge, hot, un-air-conditioned factory staffed with all women and me. This is in Georgia, during the summertime, so it was pretty ridiculous.
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I swear allegiance to the Republic of Sudan.
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I want to be an animated character. I'm also doing more writing and directing.
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What I want is to respond to the challenge posed by the mass media - to permit the novel to say what can only be said by narrative - to allow it to be itself.
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Courage conquers all things: it even gives strength to the body.
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I have a Lamborghini Diablo. I have Mercedes 600, a 500, a 300, a 190. I have a Ferrari Testarossa, a Porsche speedster.
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Science without respect for human life is degrading to us all and reflects a hollow and deceptive philosophy, a philosophy that we as a people should never condone.
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I made a lot of money. I earned a lot of money with CNN and satellite and cable television. And you can't really spend large sums of money, intelligently, on buying things. So I thought the best thing I could do was put some of that money back to work - making an investment in the future of humanity.
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A great sense of peace entered my body, and seemingly into every cell.
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I haven't done as many films as I would have liked.
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What you look like, whether you're Brad Pitt or Charles Laughton, is significant for actors.
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I'm so freaking competitive it's unbelievable.
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There are many who lust for the simple answers of doctrine or decree. They are on the left and right. They are not confined to a single part of the society. They are terrorists of the mind.
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A person isn't who they are during the last conversation you had with them - they're who they've been throughout your whole relationship.
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People seldom refuse help, if one offers it in the right way.
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You know, I had the music baskets and the writing basket. And I had the acting. And those eggs just hatched first, and the others were slow to incubate.
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The musical has always been in jeopardy - until - or was in jeopardy until it was realised that it is probably the safest living theatre art form.
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If you can walk into a set and feel the reality of it, then immediately you're not having to work to bring yourself into the character.
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Writing and thinking is not economically sustainable.
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'Homeland' is great at challenging our preconceived ideas.
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I would say Politically Incorrect is my favourite right now.
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Sometimes I worked with just a background of a rock or a tree or black velvet, and just had to imagine the whole thing.
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As soon as you say that there is a community called, let's say, black Americans, you've immediately created a boundary line - who's in that group, who's outside that group.
