Mahershala Ali Quotes
Oakland, by far, is really gorgeous; it still has these pockets that are really dangerous. Certain things are kind of normal. I think kids out there can be tested in a way where his right of passage ties into a bit of violence and how that has become these markers in masculinity and you being kind of validated after having to pass through things.Mahershala Ali
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I do movies that I would like to go and see. I think that's a good barometer of how I choose films. I like going to these movies. Our job is to make sure the audience gets their $16 worth. That's my job.
Sam Worthington -
The good news is that parents are the leading influence on kids' decision not to drink alcohol.
Xavier Becerra -
'Yellow Moon' was a poem. My wife at the time, Joel - she's dead now - it was our 25th anniversary. She had the chance to go on a cruise with her sister. And I'm home with the kids and looking up, and I saw the big moon, and I just started writing.
Aaron Neville -
Sadly, half of marriages end in divorce. Half of my girl friends and male friends have been through one, and their kids are doing great. There's no shame around it - unless you want to project that on to yourself - but certainly there's no longer cultural shame. Everyone is walking through it.
Laura Dern -
I think what people get confused about is that they want to label me as this EDM girl, but a lot of this stuff is genre-less.
Bebe Rexha -
Appropriate assessments are a crucial part of effectively educating students. But they only measure a narrow segment of what kids need to learn.
Randi Weingarten
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I think I was dealt a good hand. I have happy genes.
Maeve Binchy -
Young kids should be doing music that has shock value. They'll grow out of it.
Talib Kweli Black Star -
Sport is an important part of the development of kids, and hence, it should be made a part of their curriculum.
Gagan Narang -
I love doing kids' films.
Ioan Gruffudd -
I'm not normally the kind of person who holds on to grudges, I'm really not.
Rachel Stevens -
I think sci-fi films have become rather bleak, and understandably so - I think we've made some big mistakes globally with how we're developing, and we deal with that guilt by creating these very dystopian futures in films.
Maggie Grace
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There's so many great songs already written, it's kind of really wonderful you don't have to write your own.
Katey Sagal -
If I recall correctly, I think I signed my first contract with Tor in 1983.
L. E. Modesitt -
During the 1960s, the Shanghai of my childhood seemed a portent of the media cities of the future, dominated by advertising and mass circulation newspapers and swept by unpredictable violence.
J. G. Ballard -
I don't do something because I think it will sell 30 million albums. I couldn't care less. If it sells one, it sells one.
Oscar Peterson -
I grew up in Oregon so I grew up around reservations, so I've always kind of had this knowledge. Not a tremendous amount of knowledge, but an outsider's knowledge of what reservation life was like.
Katee Sackhoff -
Oh, you know, I think it was definitely a little pressure, to remake something like 'Fame'.
Naturi Naughton 3LW
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I never want to write a book just to tell a story. There is always something deeper going on.
Karin Slaughter -
I think it should be socially acceptable for men to like 'You're Beautiful' by James Blunt.
Mike Posner -
Setting is my primary joy as a writer, building a world and watching people respond to it.
Nicola Griffith -
We shall seek first to tell the truth rather than to study the subtle art of adjusting it to the circumstances of time and person.
Vincent McNabb -
Oakland, by far, is really gorgeous; it still has these pockets that are really dangerous. Certain things are kind of normal. I think kids out there can be tested in a way where his right of passage ties into a bit of violence and how that has become these markers in masculinity and you being kind of validated after having to pass through things.
Mahershala Ali