Barry Jenkins Quotes
I'm very much a person of nurture over nature. When the world is not nurturing, it can really change a man.
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When it comes to setting the market values, I let that stuff take care of itself. I know my value in this league, and I know the team appreciates me. I'm going to continue to make myself an indispensable part of this roster. When you do that, when your time comes up to get a contract, you usually get a contract extension.
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Listen to the Bee Gees and you can learn to be a great writer.
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It's more fun to arrive a conclusion than to justify it.
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Homophobia is rampant in soccer, probably more so than in any other sport. I'm not sure why.
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I always carry lip balm and lipstick. Lipstick is a very important beauty product because I find that lips are the most beautiful feature of anyone's face.
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Acting is doing. It's not speaking; it's behavior. It's something happening, even if you're only listening.
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You've got to really be able to accept the rejection.
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If you play good cricket, a lot of bad things get hidden.
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What my future will not be is active politics in the Liberal Democrat party.
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I was a bit odd. I read books and wanted to draw and go to art school.
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We need to ask who is the enemy, and the enemies are terrorists.
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Show me an Irishman who can't tell a story – I don't think they exist.
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I don't know how to make Harper and Alloy want me, not just my name.
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I'm really into Greek yogurt, fruit and almonds. Those are my 'go-to' snacks.
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Maybe some people that only listen to electronic music will pick up my record and get turned on to some of the story songs, some of the more country-type stuff.
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I like being unconventional.
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My real dream is that everybody will see their self-interest tied up with someone else, whether or not they see them, and see that as an opportunity for growing closer together as a culture and as a world.
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Anybody I'm dating, I don't want them to talk about my music. I don't talk about my music to them.
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like trying a man's finger for having pulled the trigger of a gun which murdered someone.
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The worst misfortune that can happen to an ordinary man is to have an extraordinary father.
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'A High Wind in Jamaica' is like those books you used to read under the covers with a flashlight - only infinitely more delicious... and macabre.
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I'm in awful shape. I'm trying to get in better shape. My girlfriend, she's in good shape. She gives me health tips sometimes, like, 'Hannibal, you're going to die.' Stuff like that.
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My interest in Virtual Reality (VR) films began for me when I began a fellowship with MIT's Open Documentary Lab. It was a profound experience to be on MIT's campus one day a week and to enter a new world of storytelling where breaking convention and traditional methods were expected. This was deeply challenging and inspiring.
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I'm very much a person of nurture over nature. When the world is not nurturing, it can really change a man.
