Damon Keith Quotes
Democracies die behind closed doors. . . . When government begins closing doors, it selectively controls information rightfully belonging to the people. Selective information is misinformation.
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Writing has been handed to me on a plate.
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I think I've gotten more confident because the more you do it and the more shows you play, you just feel more confident. You feel more confident about everything.
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I set myself one task, which was to get Labour on to the front foot, back in the game, making the weather on the economy, and that's going to take me a year.
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I've always said I wanted to play in England. There was a struggle between Chelsea and United, but according to me, Chelsea has the best project.
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I'm annoying to be around because I keep twitching.
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I wouldn't let a biopic be made on me. That's because I don't believe in them. I don't like them.
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Without a doubt, I'd love to do Broadway. I actually can't wait to get back to musical theater.
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You do have to overcome the child's thinking that this new woman, who is not their mother, is going to be in their lives.
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Ironically, I'm a really crap liar, even though I do it for a living. I give away too much, somehow. I can't lie!
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When you grow up in the country in France, you have small horizons.
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I read recently that the problem with stereotypes isn't that they are inaccurate, but that they're incomplete. And this captures perfectly what I think about contemporary African literature. The problem isn't that it's inaccurate, it's that it's incomplete.
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Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics.
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I feel like people are funny, and women are people, so I'm sick of the distinction.
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Despite recent speculation in the media, and after difficult but sincere consideration, I have decided not to direct 'Catching Fire.' As a writer and a director, I simply don't have the time I need to write and prep the movie I would have wanted to make, because of the fixed and tight production schedule.
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I have no fear of making changes, destroying the image, etc., because the painting has a life of its own.
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I don't like talking about myself and I don't like talking about the work.
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Jazz infers a style, but creative music has a wider field and wider specification about it. We know it from people like Scott Joplin and on through Bessie Smith.
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Senegal needs a renaissance.
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I have been up to my head just with calling people, I call about 50 to 100 people a day.
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Deflation can be particularly dangerous when a financial system is shaky, with household and corporate balance sheets in poor shape and banks undercapitalized and heavily burdened with bad loans.
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I've been in government and politics my entire career, and while I try to keep a level head and a reasonable tone in my commentary, even I can lose my head sometimes and let anger bubble over and burst out. It feels gross, looks ugly, and leaves a lasting mark.
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I could never understand why our lives felt like a struggle while those living off government largesse enjoyed trinkets that I only dreamed about.
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It was a bad idea, because I think that any government reorganization has to come in relatively small bites, or else you get indigestion.
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Democracies die behind closed doors. . . . When government begins closing doors, it selectively controls information rightfully belonging to the people. Selective information is misinformation.
