Barry Jenkins Quotes
I was hiding behind athletics and all my jockitude, so I didn't have to deal with being ostracized as the weird art kid.
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It is obvious that we can no more explain a passion to a person who has never experienced it than we can explain light to the blind.
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Love is a symbol of eternity. It wipes out all sense of time, destroying all memory of a beginning and all fear of an end.
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Live TV has an amazing pace to it. You've got to be able to think quick, make changes last minute, and be funny and fast.
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It's always about finding the right balance between answering some questions and raising new ones to keep your story going.
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The art of storytelling is reaching its end because the epic side of truth, wisdom, is dying out.
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I did not have three thousand pairs of shoes, I had one thousand and sixty.
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The first decent building I did with my own practice was a chapel in Taiwan.
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Jane Austen's characters for women are always very strong, opinionated and elegantly written, so they're always great for an actress to have a chance to do.
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As many of you know I travel a good bit and do not get to see my friends and family as much as I would like.
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Sometimes those big bloated superhero movies take themselves too seriously compared to the material they were based on. Am I going to listen to psychoanalysis from someone with a mask?
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What makes Mom the best is that she never put any expectations too high on the kids. She just wanted us to be doing the things that made us happy, as long as we were working hard, but we never had to live up to something.
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Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
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I'm a soccer mom. I'm T-ball, soccer, karate, homework, keeping them on their schedules. I love being the snack mom, when I get to bring the cut oranges. I have one of those coolers with wheels. I'm at every game, every practice, sitting on my blanket. I love it.
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I like making movies that people feel inspired by, a film that they will think about a few days after seeing it, and not entertainment that is completely forgettable the moment you walk out of the theater.
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The fundamental goal of Republicans and Democrats is to get themselves re-elected.
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Lastly, his tomb shall list and founder in the troughs of grass. And none shall speak his name.
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I do think it's important, if you're going to be very creative, to be a seeker.
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It is not length of life, but depth of life.
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I always think plot is what you fall back on if you can't write, to keep things going.
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I remember being an art student and going to the Whitney in 1974 to see the exhibition of Jim Nutt, the Chicago imagist. It was then I transferred to school in Chicago, all because of that show.
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Your talent is your art. It is not to be taken for granted.
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I was hiding behind athletics and all my jockitude, so I didn't have to deal with being ostracized as the weird art kid.
