Patricia McBride Quotes
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I was a little hesitant at first because there's so many ways you can get 'Straight Outta Compton' wrong. You know, it's such a great story; it's such a classic tale. I was a little nervous 'cause it's like a very narrow road to success with that type of story - you got to get it right - but when I read it, I was pleasantly surprised.
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There is one confrontation scene toward the end of the picture. In the middle of the scene, I thought, That's Sean Connery! I don't know how else to describe Sean Connery. I still feel that way.
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I think that the mistakes that anyone can make going on dates is probably not being themselves because you can only trick people for so long.
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We think that we suffer from ingratitude, while in reality we suffer from self-love.
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As a black actress you've got to work doubly hard. But it doesn't ever get me to the point where I give up on myself. It just motivates me to be more prepared, focus and disciplined. That's why I care so much about doing black films and making sure that we represent and are represented correctly.
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My public in Guadalajara and the people from Guadalajara, they've supported me since day one.
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I want to toy around with producing a Broadway show.
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Incommensurables cannot be compared.
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I took the position from day one that it was the right decree, that the modifications I made to the decree were proper, that the correct outcome had been obtained, and that in due time all of that would become apparent. And it has become apparent.
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Africa is poor because its investors and its creditors are unspeakably rich.
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The more we learn about life, the less plausible is any evolutionary theory that relies on blind, undirected, piece-by-piece change.
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I've fondly dreamed of becoming the face of an important brand since I was a child, in the same way that others dream of becoming an astronaut. I dreamed of this as I first and foremost dreamed of becoming an actor and would look up at these huge posters of celebrities while driving along motorways or crossing under bridges.
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Cyberespionage and cyberattack is exploding from our adversaries inside our country. We don't seem capable of stopping it.
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People with water-borne diseases occupy more than 50% of hospital beds across the world. Does the answer lie in building more hospitals? Really, what is needed is to give them clean water.
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Economics has paid a terrible price for its dalliances with the Keynesian and neoclassical theories.
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The F.B.I. is about nuts and bolts. It's all about witnesses and procedure and walking the streets.
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You can never get complacent because a loss is always around the corner.
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Conflict is the beginning of consciousness.
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Everyone has a little bit of Howard and Chad in them. I think there's Christine in all men as well.
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Through adopting radical extremism, some young men who previously felt humiliated and emasculated by their peers can now feel powerful and intimidating - and gain status, attention from young women, and the comradeship and solidarity of other young men like themselves.
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I'm a ghetto man who made good. I never forgot where I came from and who put me on top - God and Jack The Rapper.
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It is the original idea that is unique, not the object itself.
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Most ballets are more interesting than most men.
