Zora Neale Hurston Quotes
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I worked as a telemarketer for an SAT-prep company. That was the worst of it, because I had to call people in post-Katrina New Orleans and offer them this very, very expensive SAT class. And I'm not even a good salesman.
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Stax was rejoicing in the difference in who we are, and that's what you see in the film.
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When you run into something interesting, drop everything else and study it.
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Women have to be active listeners and interrupters - but when you interrupt, you have to know what you are talking about.
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The thing a drama school can't give you is instinct. It can sharpen instinct but that can't be taught, and you have to have intuition. It's an essential ingredient.
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For fiction, I'm not particularly nationalistic. I'm not like the Hugo Chavez of Latin American letters, you know? I want people to read good work.
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Cleanliness is a good thing, which the society should embrace. But it has nothing to do with Modi, nor can he implement it.
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Read over your compositions, and when you meet a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it out.
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The only thing I'd ever wanted in my life was to be a major-league ballplayer, but I had to admit to myself that I wasn't good enough. It broke my heart.
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In sport, if you want to be the best you have to compete against the best - I would much rather have come tenth and be judged against everyone than come first and be judged against just a few.
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Whenever I see a tree that is climbable, it must be climbed. Sometimes when I'm on a run, I'll just run up a tree, jump on a branch and swing off. My favorite tree, in Saratoga, gets me a good 75 feet up.
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Wealth won't give you satisfaction; creating a good product that's well received by users is what matters most.
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You have to be an optimist, right? You have to be critical, then you have to be an optimist. Or else you're really stupid.
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Take away the contests of the martyrs, and you have taken away their crowns.
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I don't sleep at night at all. Making movies is a marathon. I'm a good 100-yard-dash guy.
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About 10 years ago, I took some vocal lessons. I'll bet that helped. I got a tape of exercises that the girl gave me, which I don't do anymore, but they were good. And I don't smoke.
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Exercise keeps me occupied, which is good for my mental health.
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You have to have been a Republican to know how good it is to be a Democrat.
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My parents were passionate about what they did, very cheap, and very focused on doing good in society.
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If experience has taught me anything, it's to make every day as good as possible. You learn that with age, as it goes by so quick.
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I told the record company I didn't feel the need to be at red-carpet events. I wanted a career. But I wanted to keep myself intact as a person.
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Well, I didn't really have a plan. I just wanted a hit.
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Books can capture injustices in a way that stays with you and makes you want to do something about them. That's why they are so powerful.
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It costs you something to do good!
