Barry Jenkins Quotes

'Moonlight' changed me. To see people so moved by this movie inspires me to find something else to offer. And maybe the next one touches only five people or maybe just one person. To me, you know, that would still be worth it.

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• You have to have a bag of Yorkshire Tea bags. It is the best tea that England has to offer, and that comes with me everywhere I go.

  

  Felicity Jones
  • Me
  • Best
  • Tea

• For 'Breaking Bad,' people were with Walter White for 99% of that show, even though that guy is a monster.

  

  Adam McKay
  • People
  • Bad
  • Guy

• I think culture precedes politics, and I think the attempts to try and legislate people's behavior... isn't going to be productive until the culture decides what they want to achieve.

  

  Foster Friess
  • People
  • Culture
  • Politics

• You well know, sir, that when the Constitution was submitted to the People of the respective States for their adoption or rejection, it awakened the warmest debates of the several State conventions.

  

  Caleb Cushing
  • People
  • Know
  • Constitution

• Anyone can be a father, but it takes someone special to be a dad, and that's why I call you dad, because you are so special to me. You taught me the game and you taught me how to play it right.

  

  Wade Boggs
  • Father
  • Play
  • Right

• I remember how much fun it was to pick out my lunchbox. My all-time favorite lunch box was from the movie 'Annie.' Also, I loved picking out school supplies! Trapper Keepers were my favorite.

  

  Camille Guaty
  • Time
  • School
  • Remember

• I know there is something out there and like most people, I tend to believe in it more when things go bad.

  

  Maggie Smith
  • People
  • Believe
  • Bad

• Blending tracks and weaving and manipulating prerecorded music to create this mood, some people do it much better than others.

  

  Kaskade
  • People
  • Music
  • Better

• I think what made it difficult for people to get, and still makes it difficult for people to get, is the theatrical nature of the work and the fact that, my music doesn't exist without the performance-art element.

  

  Lady Gaga
  • People
  • Work
  • Music

• For me a day without training is like a day without eating.

  

  Haile Gebrselassie
  • Me
  • Day
  • Training

• I'm a national security liberal, which I tell people because it's meant to sound absurd.

  

  Rachel Maddow
  • People
  • Sound
  • Security

• Most people seem unaware that corporate influence and wealth has taken over public policy, such that government policy now favors the wealthy few at the expense of the people.

  

  Hank Johnson
  • People
  • Government
  • Taken

• I was always trying - I never wanted to let my fans down; I always wanted them to see me in my art form.

  

  Lady Gaga
  • Trying
  • Art
  • Me

• I think that God prepared me for Chris's death in some ways, because I've seen other people lose their spouses. I've known for a long time that life isn't fair.

  

  Taya Kyle
  • People
  • Life
  • Time

• Costume people are always saying they don't have clothes big enough for me.

  

  Adam Driver
  • People
  • Always
  • Enough

• Once I have children, the kids come first. One thing at a time for me.

  

  Fergie The Black Eyed Peas
  • Time
  • Children
  • Kids

• People listen to me, and they hear about a government they want, a government... that will cut spending, cut taxes, that will focus on private-sector job creation.

  

  Carl Paladino
  • People
  • Job
  • Government

• I have been immeasurably honored to serve the people of Maine for nearly 40 years in public office and for the past 17 years in the United States Senate. It was incredibly difficult to decide that I would not seek a fourth term in the Senate.

  

  Olympia Snowe
  • People
  • Past
  • Difficult

• I have written on all sorts of subjects... yet I have no enemies; except indeed all the Whigs, all the Tories, and all the Christians.

  

  David Hume

• The family teaches us about the importance of knowledge, education, hard work and effort. It teaches us about enjoying ourselves, having fun, keeping fit and healthy.

  

  Kamisese Mara
  • Work
  • Family
  • Fun

• What I try to do as an actor is constantly find that, find ways to risk, find opportunities to fall on my face if it's going to be worth it, and then maybe I'll surprise myself.

  

  Jeremy Irons
  • Fall
  • Risk

• The clothes have to perform for me.

  

  Pauline Trigere

• 'Moonlight' changed me. To see people so moved by this movie inspires me to find something else to offer. And maybe the next one touches only five people or maybe just one person. To me, you know, that would still be worth it.

  

  Barry Jenkins
  • People
  • Movie
  • Worth