Banks Quotes
Me in my music and onstage – that's me without any fears of judgement; that's me when I'm shining.
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One of the tragedies of modern times is that people have come to believe that something said by someone in the past, perhaps for illustrative or provocation purposes, actually represents that person's beliefs at the time.
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I was very influenced by movies; I was very influenced by a world that had a sense of dream.
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I'm extremely fascinated by marriage. I want to study marriage. I want to learn about it. I want to know it. I want to figure out whether or not I want to do it. I'm not just going to leap into it, because that's not good for anybody.
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I love Quentin Tarantino; I love Harmony Korine, Larry Clarke.
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I've always wanted to do a period piece.
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I never pile a plate to the point where it overflows. I'd rather have a small plate with small portions and then get up for more if I'm still hungry.
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I go to Malawi twice a year. It's where two of my children were adopted from, and I have a lot of projects there that I go and check up on and children who I look after. It's sort of a commitment that I've made to this country and the hundreds of thousands of children there who have been orphaned by AIDS.
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One of the most important tools we have at the Small Business Administration (SBA) to reach high growth entrepreneurs is the Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) program.
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I like to go out and write. So I'll often go to a Starbucks or a local coffee bar, and I'll sit there and I'll write. I can write pretty much anywhere.
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The worst I think that I ever was, when 'Unforgettable' had come out, and not long after that I was on - I was on my way to my second divorce. And that was a crushing, crushing blow.
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Discipline is wisdom and vice versa.
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Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.
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To appreciate present conditions, collate them with those of antiquity.
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Security was another reason. You never know what can happen to you when you earn a lot of money.
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Wal-mart... do they like make walls there?
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As of 2002, two million Latino adults had been diagnosed with diabetes.
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Theatre gives you wings as an actor.
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Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.
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What worries me is the professionalism of everything.
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The songs, if I write alone in a room, end up being a little more quiet, a little more subdued. If I play with other musicians or percussive instruments, it might end up being a little more upbeat.
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When I wrote the words and I have the music, I felt, wow, you know, this has got to be right. I got to sing it right.
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My character on 'Orange is the New Black' is not one that requires being absolutely shredded with 5% body fat. But I wouldn't be opposed to doing that for a role one day.
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Me in my music and onstage – that's me without any fears of judgement; that's me when I'm shining.
