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 have a fond place in my heart for Seattle, so I hope that an NBA team comes back to this great city, this great sports city.
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Politicians saying one thing and doing another, celebrities though are some of the worst offenders.
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I want to lay all my cards out on the table and walk away with no regrets.
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In Delaware, the largest growth in population is Indian-Americans moving from India. You cannot go to a 7-11 or a Dunkin Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent. I'm not joking.
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If you are playing a Hispanic character who has to speak in dialect or in an accent, nail that dialect or accent. When I hear a character that's supposed to be Cuban speaking with a Mexican accent or vice versa, it grates on me and immediately pulls me out of the story.
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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.
