Barry Sonnenfeld Quotes
I really wanted Michael Jackson to be in the first Men in Black, but he didn't want to be considered as an alien!
Quotes to Explore
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All men would be tyrants if they could.
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This is how it has been since time began: If you want to make something really worthwhile and true, then you have to suffer for it.
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If there is a single quality that is shared by all great men, it is vanity.
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Because of where I come from, I never thought I'd see in my life a black candidate running for President.
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One of my personal plights in this business is about playing 'The Sassy Black Girl.'
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Classic cable TV may have hit its peak, but it's still a huge force, and the streaming apps of many cable networks still require you to authenticate that you're a paying cable customer every time you want to use a new such TV app.
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I'm not trying to be Mr. Universe, but I want to stay in shape.
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There is no substitute to taking a lot of a catches as a youngster if you want to do slip catching - you've got to catch, catch, catch. And more than doing the normal stuff, you have to vary your catching - you've got to take some catches with the tennis ball, you got to take some closer, some further away.
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If you want to accomplish twice as much, you have to work twice as hard.
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If we want to make a statement about a man's nature on the basis of his physiognomy, we must take everything into account; it is in his distress that a man is tested, for then his nature is revealed.
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Redlining went beyond FHA-backed loans and spread to the entire mortgage industry, which was already rife with racism, excluding black people from most legitimate means of obtaining a mortgage.
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When I started modeling, they tried to pay black models less than they paid Caucasian models. I turned down those jobs because I knew what I was worth.
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I like Jay-Z, 50 Cent and Common. But I like the underground stuff like Young Jeezy, Black Rob and Shine. I also love heavy metal like Slipknot and Pantera, It's very intense stuff.
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I think a balanced team of men and women makes better decisions. That's one of the reasons why I was prepared to run for deputy leader.
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If you want to start reading Swedish crime fiction, you have to start with Sjowall and Wahloo.
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I don't think you really have chemistry in the way that you want between two actors unless frustration is there as well.
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If men were born free, they would, so long as they remained free, form no conception of good and evil.
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I'd like 'Rookie' to be a helpful resource, but I never want it to be too prescriptive. Hopefully, it also makes the reader feel encouraged to think for herself.
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I want people to know their palate is a snowflake. We all like different things. Why should we all have the same taste in wines?
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If there were a nation of Gods, it would govern itself democratically. A government so perfect is not suited to men.
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So long as there's been black churches in the United States, there's been a relationship between spiritual well-being and material acquisition. This has always been the case.
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I spend so much time with my parents. My mom and I were joined at the hip for five years. There was not one moment when I wasn't with her.
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It's a question of not copying the masters, to look for something, good or bad, for oneself. To enter this liberated state of mind, one cannot copy the others.
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I really wanted Michael Jackson to be in the first Men in Black, but he didn't want to be considered as an alien!
