Barry Jenkins Quotes
As a writer, a blank page will humble the hell out of you. It always does, and it always will.
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I didn't care what, how much adversity life threw at me. I intended to get to the top.
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I know what my comfort zones are. But without a back-up, I will never step out of my comfort zone. I don't go bungee jumping; I won't jump from the third floor without a safety net. I don't do such things. That's not my personality type.
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As an actor, you read so many scripts and parts written for Asian-specific characters, and you see a lot of stereotypes and a lot of one-note characters, especially in comedy.
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The intellectual, the man of thought, doubt and analysis, should give the best of himself.
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We are two brothers: I am a doctor; my brother is an engineer.
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Well, I'm Canadian. True, north, strong, and free.
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No animal should ever jump up on the dining-room furniture unless absolutely certain that he can hold his own in the conversation.
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My grandfather allowed as how I might even live long enough to see a Mars landing. I haven't, of course, except in fiction, including my own, and strongly doubt that I ever will.
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Haredi youth are smart, and they are going to bring a big benefit to the high-tech industry.
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If you be faithful, you will have that honor that comes from God: his Spirit will say in your hearts, Well done, good and faithful servants.
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I live in Las Vegas with my family, and I never realized what my parents would go through to get me to a five-minute audition.
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What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men. That is what love looks like.
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No citizen is a second class citizen in the city of Chicago. If my children are treated one way, every child is treated the same way.
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I have never played a role in which someone's dark side shouldn't be explored.
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I am all in favor of growing the American economy and engaging in trade with the world, but not at the expense of American workers. The North American Free Trade Agreement is a perfect example of this. Ask the textile workers of North Carolina how NAFTA worked out for them - if you can find any.
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What I don't like to hear in music is something has not been thought through: that a sound is just there randomly. I want to make sure that every single little noise that's in my song is there because it's supposed to be there.
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I've always had this sneaking suspicion that I get a kick out of the insecurity.
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We did a lot of those road trips, all the mandatory stuff that you should when you're a kid, like Mount Rushmore and the Grand Canyon and the Sequoias and the western coast.
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When I teach the formal curriculum, I have the chance to think about it ahead of time. I can rehearse it. I can illustrate it with self-deprecating humor and humble-sounding personal disclosure. I can try to make it comes out just right.
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There is no heaven for me and no hell. And certainly not any Karma.
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Anything may happen when womanhood has ceased to be a protected occupation.
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When a marriage fails, the story of the relationship changes. The best parts, the parts that made you think getting married was a good idea, fade from memory.
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Kids teach you a lot of patience.
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As a writer, a blank page will humble the hell out of you. It always does, and it always will.
