Demetria McKinney Quotes
People don't necessarily want to step away from what they think they know of you. Getting to know this whole other persona and all of the things that come along with that, it can be confusing for people.
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I think people are always able to achieve more than they think they can. While that's cliche, I don't know if managers think about that enough. You have to set your sights extremely high.
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Life isn't perfect, of course, but we all know it's how you react to things that counts.
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I don't know how many people have ever seen the National Guard break in somewhere, but they mean business.
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It's really about, oh come on, this guy wouldn't say that or he wouldn't do that, you know, it's about the characters, about the story, about the situation.
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I know exactly what my values are and what I love to do. That's worth additional years right there. I say no to a lot of stuff that would be easy money but deviates from my meaning of life.
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If you aren't in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?
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I'm focused on energy only. And I know what I'm talking about. And I don't want to be distracted on other things.
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Well, Eminem, you know, I know him longer. Ive been signed to his label since 2001 and he's a good friend.
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I approach love differently now that I know it's hard for it to work out.
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I know how to make a record that commercial radio or Triple J will smash now... It's kind of hard to stay true and write what you would write if you didn't have that in your head. Because I know I can get way more airplay and get this much bigger... and that's what I'm trying to avoid doing. Trying to avoid the poisons of success.
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I know there is something out there and like most people, I tend to believe in it more when things go bad.
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Excess of grief for the dead is madness; for it is an injury to the living, and the dead know it not.
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I always had a feeling when I was a kid that I didn't really know what was going on. Everybody else knew stuff that I didn't know.
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I know how ridiculous this sounds because of the job I do but I don't believe in romanticism and make-believe.
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I've cheated the Grim Reaper more times than anyone I know.
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I don't know any member of Congress who ever said, 'I'm satisfied with the communication that we have from the White House.'
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I didn't know Albert back then - I just learned to play that way. He and I were the only guys that played left-handed. Then left-handed people came from every direction.
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One of the most untruthful things possible, you know, is a collection of facts, because they can be made to appear so many different ways.
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It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child.
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Simultaneously, my two biggest heroes are Susan Sontag and Morticia Addams from 'The Addams Family.'
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I have always felt strongly about empowering women. I'm living proof that, with confidence and by believing in yourself, you can accomplish any goal.
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I think the three Mexican directors - Alejandro Inarritu, Alfonso Cuaron, Guillermo del Toro - gave all of us foreign, and particularly Latino, directors a big break.
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When you make yourself into zero, your power becomes invincible.
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People don't necessarily want to step away from what they think they know of you. Getting to know this whole other persona and all of the things that come along with that, it can be confusing for people.
