Lenny Kravitz Quotes

When I was a kid and I bought a record, I ripped that thing open, I wanted to know who was playing what, what studio it was cut at, who was the string arranger, who was the engineer.

Lenny Kravitz

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• The only way I can be there and really get into the character is if I'm her.

  

  Lacey Chabert
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  • Way
  • Her

• I loved making 'The Hunger Games' - it was the happiest experience of my professional life. Lionsgate was supportive of me in a manner that few directors ever experience in a franchise: they empowered me to make the film I wanted to make and backed the movie in a way that requires no explanation beyond the remarkable results.

  

  Gary Ross
  • Life
  • Experience
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• You know you've made your mark when you're on the cover of a videogame.

  

  Gaines Adams
  • You
  • Know
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• I could sum up the future in one word, and that word is 'boring.' The future is going to be boring.

  

  J. G. Ballard
  • Up
  • Future
  • Boring

• Last year in a historic move, the state of New York passed the very first cigarette fire safety standard.

  

  Ed Markey
  • Fire
  • Safety
  • Year

• Every sport has its own cast of characters.

  

  Randy Savage
  • Own
  • Every
  • Cast

• Put variety into your mental bill of fare as well as into your physical. It will pay you rich returns.

  

  Orison Swett Marden
  • You
  • Rich
  • Will

• To have so many years in the rap industry and so many number one songs, and sold so many millions of records, introduced the world to people like Cool & Dre, DJ Khaled, Pitbull, Rick Ross, Trick Daddy, Remy Ma, Big Pun, Rico Love... I could go on and on. Having been able to influence the rap game for so long is very important to me.

  

  Fat Joe
  • People
  • World
  • Important

• How you manage change can make all the difference.

  

  Irene Rosenfeld
  • You
  • Change
  • Difference

• Sword fighting in film is not about how good the fighter is, but how good the actor receiving the blows is.

  

  Takeshi Kitano
  • Good
  • Fighting
  • Sword

• I'm a model, but I love to eat.

  

  Irina Shayk
  • Love
  • Model
  • Eat

• You always have two choices: your commitment versus your fear.

  

  Sammy Davis, Jr.
  • Fear
  • Wisdom
  • Choices

• I was just never discouraged from doing something wacky like trying to be a comedian.

  

  Kate McKinnon
  • Trying
  • Never
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• There has been a terrible hemorrhage of educated women to the West where they can flourish. I understand, but it is terrible. We must stay home.

  

  Fatema Mernissi
  • Women
  • Home
  • Educated

• MAC Cosmetics is incredible for lips; I always wear it.

  

  Kat Graham
  • Always
  • Lips
  • Cosmetics

• I don't like anything permanent; I have to be able to flee. You have to be able to flee at a moment's notice.

  

  Maira Kalman
  • You
  • Moment
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• That's the great thing about Apple: it's very focused on the things that we know how to do very well and not try to extend ourselves to areas that we know very little about or don't have a lot of expertise in.

  

  Eddy Cue
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• Never dip lower than you can dip.

  

  Gary Busey
  • You
  • Never
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• I love the idea of longevity in this career. But producing is not about, "Let me do this because this might happen 20 years down the line." Sleepwalking wasn't a vehicle for me, it was a film that pushed the ­envelope. I want to produce good stories, versus creating a niche where I can look after myself as an actor.

  

  Charlize Theron
  • Career
  • Film
  • Stories

• I have been hearing gossip and lies since I began working. When I was 17, I used to get very angry because I opened a magazine and I saw myself in a picture on a motorcycle, and the headline was, 'I'm getting married next month.'

  

  Penelope Cruz
  • Picture
  • Lies
  • Angry

• The fullness of life comes from an identity built on giving and on joy.

  

  Mary Pipher
  • Life
  • Giving
  • Joy

• I ran my first marathon in Florida in 1985. I had never run more than nine miles.

  

  Kim Alexis

• Every man's first declaration of love is bathos--the zenith of his passion connoting perhaps the nadir of his intelligence.

  

  William John Locke
  • Love
  • Passion
  • Firsts

• When I was a kid and I bought a record, I ripped that thing open, I wanted to know who was playing what, what studio it was cut at, who was the string arranger, who was the engineer.

  

  Lenny Kravitz