Lauren London Quotes
I love the art of acting, so whether I do it on film with a million people seeing me or I do it in front of 20 people in a class showcasing my art, I am going to act whether anyone sees it or everyone sees it.
Quotes to Explore
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I've never been one to run from a challenge.
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I don't regret doing any of my films. All of them have been great learning experiences, and they have contributed to making me what I am today.
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People just decided I was an R&B artist because I'm black.
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I could go out to five parties a day if I wanted to. I don't. I have attachments to my wife and kids - and about 20 pieces of art.
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I'm interested in playing, not working.
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I like the discipline of well-cut, impeccable clothes. I think it's a very healthy discipline.
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In law school, I earned the respect of professors and served on the editorial board of 'The Yale Law Journal.'
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Reverence is fatal to literature.
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I have never had the ambition to be famous for nothing. You have to do something with your life.
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An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises.
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I do two months of strict dieting, so after fight night, I go for whatever my body is craving. It's usually sushi. But after that, I go home to Guadalajara and indulge in a lot of tacos before I have to start getting in shape for another fight.
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The L.A Trilogy is a series of three novels starring Ray, a robot detective, and his boss, a computer called Googol. Set in an alternative version of 1960s Los Angeles, each book will be more or less standalone but together will form an overarching story arc with 'Brisk Money' as the origin story.
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Women's stories have been neglected for so long - unless they were queens. Exploring the history of women is a way of redressing that imbalance.
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The most common criticism I've seen is that I write 'popcorn fantasy:' lightweight action-adventure. Some people call it that as they explain why they love it for exactly that reason. I'm cool with that, either way. I just nod and let it go.
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Britain is no longer one of the world's price setters. It is painful. It is a challenge to us in government to explain all that, and it is a pity that the political class is not preparing the public for it to understand how massive the problem is.
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If I'm not on tour or in the studio, I'm in nature somewhere, usually some kind of ocean. Playing music has afforded me that. It's not lost on me that it's a tremendous opportunity to be able to spend your life being surrounded by nature.
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As long as you get your education and you stay focused, you can do anything.
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When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.
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Go, lovely rose! Tell her that wastes her time and me That now she knows, When I resemble her to thee, How sweet and fair she seems to be.
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After Hollywood, you know if people are interested in you or in the fact that you've been in a movie. You know who your real friends are.
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I'm not sure where I'm from! I was born in London. My father's from Ghana but lives in Saudi Arabia. My mother's Nigerian but lives in Ghana. I grew up in Boston.
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I first started working in film when I was 17. I was a director's assistant, an editor.
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The tar sands boom has become the world's largest energy project, the world's largest construction project, and the world's largest capital project.
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I love the art of acting, so whether I do it on film with a million people seeing me or I do it in front of 20 people in a class showcasing my art, I am going to act whether anyone sees it or everyone sees it.
