Barry Jenkins Quotes
My first job was cutting grass. In Miami, this grass grows everywhere. You just get the lawn mower out, walk down the neighborhood, cut grass.
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I made a lot of money, and I want to give something back to my country.
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Always write as if you are talking to someone. It works. Don't put on any fancy phrases or accents or things you wouldn't say in real life.
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I've found that entrepreneurial success usually comes through great execution, simply by doing a superior job of doing the blocking and tackling.
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To gain strength in our struggles, we must have a positive perspective of the principles in the plan of salvation. We must realize that we have a personal Savior whom we can trust and turn to in our times of need.
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He who gives love, receives love.
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There are so many different sub-societies inside of Syria.
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I love lamb shank. It's my favorite thing. You don't have it in America. It's a younger meat - it just falls off the bone - it's kind of like a roast. I really like blackened cod too.
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USC has really developed my love for the cinema.
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I'm the Chris Martin of hip-hop.
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Unlike many Californians or New Yorkers, college football is a religion down south.
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If cattle and horses, or lions, had hands, or were able to draw with their feet and produce the works which men do, horses would draw the forms of gods like horses, and cattle like cattle, and they would make the gods' bodies the same shape as their own.
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Just because you have a learning difficulty or difference doesn't mean you aren't smart.
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To the soldier, luck is merely another word for skill.
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All the libel lawyers will tell you there's no libel any more, that everyone's given up.
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I've seen the greatest actors in the world, transcendent talents, who can't find a home.
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If I didn't have a girlfriend, I'd have 10 girls at the studio, and they would make me not rap.
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The emotive power of hummus all over the Middle East cannot be overstated, being the focus of some serious tribal rivalries.
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If a literary man puts together two words about music, one of them will be wrong.
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I was excited when I first got the call, when I heard BBC Four were making a biography and they were interested in me being a part of it.
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My choice is what I choose to do, And if I'm causing no harm, it shouldn't bother you. Your choice is who you choose to be, And if you're causin' no harm, then you're alright with me. If you don't like my fire, then don't come around, 'cause I'm gonna burn one down. Yes, I'm gonna burn one down. Herb the gift from the earth, And what's from the earth is of the greatest worth. So before you knock it try it first, Oh, you'll see it's a blessing and not a curse.
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I thought of Second City as just the greatest therapeutic job anybody could ever dream of having.
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Since day one my thing has always been to play the music.
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Nothing in the world is as soft and yielding as water. Yet for dissolving the hard and inflexible, nothing can surpass it. The soft overcomes the hard; the gentle overcomes the rigid. Everyone knows this is true, but few can put it into practice. Therefore the Master remains serene in the midst of sorrow. Evil cannot enter his heart. Because he has given up helping, he is people's greatest help. True words seem paradoxical.
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My first job was cutting grass. In Miami, this grass grows everywhere. You just get the lawn mower out, walk down the neighborhood, cut grass.
