Barry Jenkins Quotes
To me, no matter who you're casting for what role, if something's authentic, usually you can mine something good there.
Quotes to Explore
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Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know.
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God bless nannies.
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All over the world, people are looking at India and saying 'wow', and that's because we have begun to say 'wow' ourselves.
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I don't try to sugarcoat things, but I also think my books make positive statements about the people and values in small-town America.
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When I first put out music, people didn't know what I looked like. They called it a new type of something; they couldn't put a genre on it - it was where indie and urban kind of meet in the middle. I thought that was quite exciting.
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The thing that I took away as an early fan from Bob Dylan was the storytelling aspects. He can tell some wicked stories.
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I'm just very wary that once you start military operations in any country, it's very difficult to predict what the outcome is.
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I'd long wanted to write about that moment when a woman steps off the career track to have her first child. For me, that was a scary time.
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Confidence is key. Sometimes, you need to look like you're confident even when you're not.
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It's time to face facts: Most people stop being environmentalists when they sit down to eat.
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Tonight we send a message to our party that here in Illinois, there will be a new generation of Republican leaders and we will fight to provide a better tomorrow for future generations. We've made clear the status quo is no longer acceptable.
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I got involved with an acting school and studied for a couple years. They used to have improv exercises that you would work on and you would do improvs.
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I have yet to see a drama that puts forward women who are successful and also have a family... they are nearly always seen as victims.
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I used to hate any batsman who would not get out in my deliveries.
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I was from a tough neighborhood, and we didn't have a lot of money, but my dad worked hard, and my mom is good at budgeting things. That made me appreciate things.
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Cherish that which is within you, and shut off that which is without; for much knowledge is a curse.
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I remember teaching a clinic to other coaches, and a guy raised his hand and asked if I had any advice when it came to coaching women. I leveled him with a death-ray stare, and said, 'Go home and coach basketball.'
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Reason cannot calm the storm of emotion, and emotion usually wins, until it settles down and allows reason to rise again and apologize on behalf of it.
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One must be an inventor to read well. There is then creative reading as well as creative writing.
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Today we're going to try and say his name...OH! OHHH! Can you even say a part of his name-OH! OHHH!'
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The way the mathematics game is played, most variations lie outside the rules, while music can insist on perfect canon or tolerate a casual accompaniment.
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A translation needs to read convincingly. There's no limit to what can go into it in terms of background research, feeling, or your own interests in form and history. But what should come out is something that reads as convincing English-language text.
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I have an obligation to use what I know to try to bring real, usable medical science to every doctor and bedside and patient.
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To me, no matter who you're casting for what role, if something's authentic, usually you can mine something good there.
