Barry Jenkins Quotes
Until 'Moonlight,' I had never seen one black man cook for another on screen. But I wanted the characters to be free of 'groundbreaking' or 'never before.' We were ascribed those things. They weren't the point.Barry Jenkins
Quotes to Explore
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I made an album of healing music called 'Grace and Gratitude' that came from my soul.
Olivia Newton-John -
Crime and the fear of crime have permeated the fabric of American life.
Warren E. Burger -
My mom, she's the strict one. If we did something bad, we'd get a whippin' but nothing too bad.
Calvin Johnson -
It's nice not to be too boring.
Barry Pepper -
Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better take things as they come along with patience and equanimity.
Carl Jung -
In order to change the conversation about Muslims in American media, we need a diverse, unified movement of people who are willing to take a stand against anti-Muslim bias.
Aasif Mandvi
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Angry or not. It's a human emotion. But you can't walk around being angry all the time. What a dull person you'd have to be!
Octavia Spencer -
If the only thing you knew about Oman was its location, you might never go at all.
Hanya Yanagihara -
Television offered me the opportunity to do new things; I had written a lot of scripts other than scary movies. I had actually written some romantic comedies and stuff that I really wanted to try my hand at, and nobody would let me do that. Television allowed me to do anything I wanted.
Gary Sherman -
When you get older, two things happen to you. You begin to lose your hearing, and I forget what the other one is.
M. Stanton Evans -
I grew up on Don Knotts and Jerry Lewis and all the guys from Second City.
Harland Williams -
Are you used to entertaining everyone with your tales of drama and conflict? Do you get attention and feel important every time you complain about how awful this man is? Stop settling for attention for the negative stuff in your life.
Karen Salmansohn
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Let the people on both sides keep their self-possession, and just as other clouds have cleared away in due time, so will this, and this great nation shall continue to prosper as before.
Abraham Lincoln -
I prefer to connect with fans from the stage. Like, I don't have a Twitter page, or anything like that. So for me, that's what the show is about. For me - is a way to interact with fans; being up onstage and showing them, through music - which is all I really know - the best way to say thank you.
Nate Ruess Fun. -
I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I tell them the truth and they never believe me.
Cavour -
Never, and I mean never, allow anyone else's ideas of who you can or can't become sully your dream or pollute your imagination. This is your territory, and a 'Keep Out' sign is a great thing to erect at all entrances to your imagination.
Wayne Dyer -
I'm learning Spanish - I got Rosetta Stone for Christmas.
Karlie Kloss -
I always have a million things going on at once, but I try to put my energy into the most immediate need.
Gabrielle Reece
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There's nothing more boring than actors talking about acting.
James Caan -
The worst affected from corruption is the common man.
Kailash Kher -
I started from B-grade films, and today I'm the number one actress of this country... whereas other actresses, whom you might call my contemporaries, they have had no growth in whatever platform they were launched... they are still there and have not risen to another platform.
Kangana Ranaut -
“A great friendship was like a great work of art, he thought. It took time and attention, and a spark of something that was impossible to describe. It was a happy, lucky accident, finding some kindred part of yourself in a total stranger.”
Elise Broach -
I'd rather be on my own than be with a violent man.
Paloma Faith -
Until 'Moonlight,' I had never seen one black man cook for another on screen. But I wanted the characters to be free of 'groundbreaking' or 'never before.' We were ascribed those things. They weren't the point.
Barry Jenkins