Eva Jessye Quotes
You should not suffer the past. You should be able to wear it like a loose garment, take it off and let it drop.
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It took me a while and a lot of hard times to figure out my purpose, I am so happy with my life. I just want to help make other people happy, too.
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The first movie my dad ever showed me was 'Predator' – I was five. And I think the second one was 'Jaws.'
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I was a big fan of Indiana Jones; then I realized he was kind of a fake hero. The real heroes are the people who work hard and do their stuff right, like firefighters and policemen.
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I go to a regular school still, and I have the normal life of a regular kid.
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But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright Brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.
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We set up a situation and let you interact with it and see the consequences of your choice. That's what gaming does.
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You probably can't name more than a handful of comedies that would qualify for Best Picture. I can think of a lot of comedy screenplays; Woody Allen has had numerous nominations for his screenplays. But most comedies are calculated. They tend to pander. They're not about anything important.
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When you try to find funding for a VVA function, it doesn't seem like it's any trouble at all. People come out of the woodwork with their money to help out because we went over and fought a war.
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The names of common flowers change from decade to decade, so I spent a lot of time with old outdated dictionaries, with awful flower names like 'mouse-eared chickweed.'
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Nothing is a better icebreaker than a great joke.
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Talking about covers, whether visually or sonically, if a particular combination of notes struck a chord in your heart in a way that you want to be a part of it by covering that song, then there's nothing wrong with it.
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We print 37 million copies, and we found out about the unfortunate news as we were putting the issue to bed.
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There should be a place and the space for all pop.
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People forget that writers start off being readers. We all love it when we find a terrific read, and we want to let people know about it.
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I have transcended that phase in my intellectual growth where I discover humour in simple freakishness. What exists is real; therefore it is tragic, since wherever lives must die. Only fantasy, the vapours rising from sheer nonsense, can now excite my laughter.
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Remember, our hearts are one. Even when we are at war with each other, our hearts are always beating in unison.
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'A pessimist is simply an optimist in full possession of the facts.'
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The art always wins. Anything can happen to me, but the art will stay.
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The thing about a failure is that it is possible to deny it forever.
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My perspective comes in part from being a New York black lady, in part from being an engineer. I know I'm smart and have opinions worth being heard.
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I've made a lot of very small movies that may not have had a large initial audience. Then it shows up on cable.
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Everyone's past is locked up in their recipes - the past of an individual and the past of a nation as well.
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I have to be able to be the artist that I am.
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You should not suffer the past. You should be able to wear it like a loose garment, take it off and let it drop.
