T. S. Eliot Quotes
Writing every day is a way of keeping the engine running, and then something good may come out of it.
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I've always made sequels, even when I was making Super 8 movies if the audience liked it.
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Republicans are for both the man and the dollar, but in case of conflict the man before the dollar.
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Rarely do we stop and consider whether the most prestigious of institutions is always in our best interest.
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Let your emotions come out. If your behavior is flat, your game will be flat, too.
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In so far as one denies what is, one is possessed by what is not, the compulsions, the fantasies, the terrors that flock to fill the void.
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Carelessness makes me cross. And unkindness.
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I'm a hybrid, and I kind of like that. Raised by African parents, growing up I lived between Burkina Faso and Stains, a suburb just outside of Paris. In Stains, I had all the cultures in the world on my doorstep, and that opens up your mind.
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I still find it hard to believe that the whole era of jazz is over.
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But the one thing that I did do was establish myself as a good actor.
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I've definitely become smuttier. When I first started out, I had these aspirations: 'I'm not going to do jokes about anything crude because I'm bigger and better than that.' But then, I don't know... It makes me laugh, so I started doing it.
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Actors go inside the heads of other people and are not afraid of the complicated places you can find yourself.
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I can't wait to meet Jennifer Hudson, Tamyra Gray, George Huff, Ruben Studdard, and I love me some Clay Aiken.
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But I think we need to remember that democracy everywhere is by its nature incomplete, a work in progress.
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I do not know You, God, because I am in the way. Please help me to push myself aside.
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Do as much as possible, and talk of yourself as little as possible.
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Actually I dance really well on the floor.
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Beware of the company you keep. See that you associate with the right type of people.
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The great champions were always vicious competitors. You never lose respect for a man who is a vicious competitor, and you never hate a man you respect. I don't like Rod Laver because he's such a vicious competitor, but I don't dislike him.
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I like to decide the night before Thanksgiving that I'm gonna do it, and I'll see what riff raff is around. Then I get that last-minute surge of energy. But if I had two weeks to plan, sometimes I wish I wasn't doing it. But very seldom does that happen.
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I adore Bette Davis and Vivien Leigh, but more because they were good actresses. That's what makes me interested in them, that they didn't present themselves as idols; they were just doing their jobs.
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A beautiful 35-year old ain't as good-looking as an ugly 19-year old.
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I don't really have a more intellectualized approach. After the fact, I can sure talk about stuff a lot - but when I make decisions, I really just follow what sounds good to me.
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I'm able to impact kids' lives, I'm able to give back and I will impact so many kids' lives because I feel like that moment taught me that no matter where you are in life, no matter what you may want in life you keep going.
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Writing every day is a way of keeping the engine running, and then something good may come out of it.
