Bobby Rush (Emmett Ellis Jr.) Quotes
I think I’m getting more acclaim because I’m working harder, and when people tell me I can’t do something, that’s the wrong thing to tell Bobby Rush.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm not being offered a constant stream of wonderful parts with wonderful directors that would keep me away from the theatre. When they turn up, I do them.
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Denied anything ardently desired, the individual or state will argue and parley just so long - then, if the impelling motive be sufficiently great, will cast aside every rule and break down every acquired inhibition, plunging viciously after the object wished; all the more fantastically savage because of previous repression.
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I'm not denying that it's exciting to have a play on Broadway.
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A cap on carbon is important because it sets a specific goal for reducing carbon emissions 80% by 2050.
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I do my best work if I think about what it is I have to offer.
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Violence is the first refuge of the violent.
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It's a hard job. It means giving up some things, but on the other hand they keep saying you can have it all. You can't really have it all so easy. You can do a little of this and little of that.
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When I started playing in bands, we had to be apologetic for what we did. We had to be apologetic because the mainstream was so bad.
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People accuse artists of being narcissists - of course we are! If we don't like ourselves, who's going to like us?
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My stories are not Christianized at all. I don't even have any Christians in my stories. What they are, are stories about ordinary people going through extraordinary circumstances in which I'm exploring truth. How light overcomes darkness in a way that's unmistakable to anyone who has any kind of faith.
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Never do today what you can do tomorrow. Something may occur to make you regret your premature action.
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Problems do not go away. They must be worked through or else they remain, forever a barrier to the growth and development of the spirit.
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It's no secret that I've become known for my strong political views.
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I'm just gonna be doing stuff that I really enjoy doing. I'm not gonna attempt to be current in any way other than the fact that people will like what I'm doing currently.
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Each time a new disaster puts miners in the news, the press tries to make them into heroes, but they don't quite fit the bill. They don't march off to war or rush into burning buildings or rid our streets of crime.
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Humility is a great quality of leadership which derives respect and not just fear or hatred.
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I would like to reconcile the church and the circus. I wanted to transform the theatre... to get my message across that there is only one God - the living man - the person sitting next to you. That is my religion. I believe that there is a sense to life.
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It's a strange thing we do as actors. I'm walking out the door, and I'll say, 'O.K., honey, I'm off to take my clothes off.'
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I miss the standard of the New York Philharmonic's playing very much. It has certainly been a high point in my life.
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One must ask children and birds how cherries and strawberries taste.
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There is another old poet whose name I do not now remember who said, 'Truth is the daughter of Time.'
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One of the chief tasks of any dialogue with the Gentile world is to prove that the distinction between anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism is not a distinction at all.
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I think I’m getting more acclaim because I’m working harder, and when people tell me I can’t do something, that’s the wrong thing to tell Bobby Rush.
