Dawoud Bey Quotes
I always wanted my photographs to challenge the status quo, to contest the kinds of images that existed in popular culture.
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I used to get some flack from my agents because I wouldn't even audition for parts where the hero uses violent force to be a hero.
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I volunteer with School on Wheels in Los Angeles, and I also tutor with Koreh L.A.
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The 'Vanity Fair' article was interesting to do because it was the first time I ever really had the opportunity to be absolutely truthful with a reporter about every aspect of my life.
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Since belief determines behavior, doesn't it make sense that we should be teaching ethical, moral values in every home and in every school in America?
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Rome will exist as long as the Coliseum does; when the Coliseum falls, so will Rome; when Rome falls, so will the world.
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Another thing that's quite different in writing a book as a practicing newspaperman is that if you look at what you've written the next morning and you think you didn't get it quite right, you can fix it.
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There are other writers who try for subtle and minimalists effects, but I don't travel in that tribe.
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Mama is my chance to be a stand-up comedian. In my mind, it's my chance to be Chris Rock.
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Being an actor does make you aware of your age.
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Passion is in all great searches and is necessary to all creative endeavors.
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I never called my work an 'art'. It's part of show business, the business of building entertainment.
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I would like to be more fit, but I don't think I will put on fat or gain weight for movie roles. I am not going to do that.
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I don't loathe interviews, I'm just one of those people who makes music because I find it difficult to talk.
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I have never acted in one and I'm not at all interested to do so either.
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There is definitely that thing here a little where people are like 'Oh that Broadway girl has come to Nashville' and I'm like 'Listen you guys, I was singing country before I even got a Broadway show. And I'm from Kentucky.'
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My screenwriting credits in my career are probably not dissimilar to some other ones in the sense that a lot of the scripts you write don't get made, and the ones that do get made are certainly - as a writer, they're not your vision.
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All fatherhood is very important because single mothers shouldn't have to raise sons or daughters; they need that help.
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When I was about 8 or 9, I lived in New Jersey with my mother and we were seven deep in one bedroom and sometimes we didn't have electricity.
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I didn't mind if they yelled at me, but when they came on the field, it was a different story.
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I want a man in my life, not in my house.
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But what is more, if we have succeeded in adding to the basic understanding of our universe and ourselves, we will have made a contribution to the totality of human culture.
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The mathematics of rhythm are universal. They don't belong to any particular culture.
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I particularly enjoy cello music because our daughter plays the cello. I have listened to her practice for so many hours that I am familiar with the music written for that instrument. I am also fond of the popular music of the 1930s because my future husband and I danced to it so many Saturday nights when we were in college.
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I always wanted my photographs to challenge the status quo, to contest the kinds of images that existed in popular culture.
