Vernon Reid (Vernon Alphonsus Reid) Quotes
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We make ourselves a ladder out of our vices if we trample the vices themselves underfoot.
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Living in New York City is one constant, ongoing literary pilgrimage. For 20 years, I lived among the ghosts of great writers and walked where they had walked.
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My little son, Atticus, desperately needs his dad and I haven't been there for him... and that's sad.
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Have a little faith. Don't give up.
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I like feeling my way into different minds and experiences. It comes naturally and always has.
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I'm the girl who - I call it girl-next-door-itis - the hot guy is friends with and gets all his relationship advice from but never considers dating.
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We are all born mad. Some remain so.
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We have these old fashioned ideas. For instance, here in America, we talk about democracy - but we don't have a democracy. There are elements of a democracy.
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I never saw movies I was in because my mom told me that would be prideful, being stuck on yourself.
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It's interesting, the things you learn when you're 21. I learned never to get tattoos in the middle of shooting a movie. Because if you're not Angelina Jolie or Megan Fox, they will fire you.
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I always had the dream of flying, and the cheapest way is to become a skydiver.
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I know there are going to be big challenges financially, but I'm excited artistically. I think that if the experience is better artistically, then we have more hope in the future.
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And as an American colleague said to me several months ago, he said, 'I think the challenge in Jordan - and, again, this is for the rest of the Middle East - we need to define what center is. And once we can define what center is to a Jordanian, then we can decide what's left and what's right of that.
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I'm not even allowed to sing in the shower at home. Too loud.
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I like radio because you can do an hour-long interview and then three days later have a finished piece.
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I'm a beer man. I tried to drink whiskey and Scotch, but I don't get it. It smells like a girl who didn't shower and just splashed a lot of perfume on.
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Some people are so heavenly minded that they are no earthly good.
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I've never worked for a show or was on a show where I didn't have a lot of control creatively, but then again, I haven't worked on a lot of shows.
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It took like 5 hours to complete my virgin Mary. I was raised Catholic and it seemed like a good idea.
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I try to be well informed. I don't know how well I do all the time, but I try nonetheless.
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I figured he'd be like a genius, because he is. He’s very, very subtle and nuanced. It’s very much in the eyes. That’s how it is in real life. He’s such a great actor. I was just amazed that I got the chance to work with him.
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With equal sweetness the commissioned hours Shed light and dew upon both weeds and flowers. The weeds unthankful raise their vile heads high, Flaunting back insult to the gracious sky; While the dear flowers, wht fond humility, Uplift the eyelids of a starry eye In speechless homage, and, from grateful hearts, Perfume that homage all around imparts.
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I've told my children that when I die, to release balloons in the sky to celebrate that I graduated. For me, death is a graduation.
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Guitar can take you far; from Brooklyn To The Sky...!
