J. B. Smoove Quotes
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Women can't be afraid to look like action heroes. It's not always pretty, but when it's on the screen, it translates well to the audience.
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When people think of me, I want them to think of a travel show host who's really funny and good at his job, and I think eventually the CP won't even play into it, or at least that's the goal.
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Character, I am sure, lies in the genes.
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The harder you work, the luckier you get.
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I think that black people, to a degree, need to have a certain level of dexterity. If we want to be at the highest level of whatever our field is, we have to be able to navigate both worlds. We all just know that you gotta be able to put that suit on and have a conversation with people that don't look like you or your family.
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At some point, you grow out of being attracted to that flame that burns you over and over and over again.
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The trouble is that, while my parents were great when they were apart, they were terrible together.
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The first thing people say to me when they meet me is, 'You're so much skinner in person.' You have to live up to these standards that are so unrealistic. I try to tune it out.
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I've been very fortunate with my three spec scripts - which is sort of my thematic trilogy of the American Frontier. With 'Sicario', 'Hell or High Water' and then 'Wind River' - which is the third - there were no rewrites. It was the first draft for all three.
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Like many people in Britain, I have an affectionate respect for the Queen, and am surprised that I should be having such republican thoughts.
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(A Foreign Secretary) is forever poised between the cliche and the indiscretion.
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Whenever I'm caught between two evils, I take the one I've never tried.
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One's own religion is after all a matter between oneself and one's Maker and no one else's.
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Winners do what losers don't want to do.
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When love is pure, it has the power to conquer. Lover and beloved conquer each other by their affection. The source, the essence, the fullest manifestation of love's conquering power is the love of the soul for the supreme soul, or God.
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I used to visit London when I was younger with my family. I feel very close to the city.
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I have never worried about 'Frontline' becoming an old-fashioned news brand, because we never were.
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People say I have my own Cinderella story, and in a way, I guess I do.
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I had gone full-on folkie; I'd had it with bands.
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An awful lot of thriller writers write women rather badly. So just doing it OK gets a lot of credit.
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If I ruled supreme, there would be big problems.
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It is that, but really, it's about how we don't recognise the little things in life, or appreciate the little things in life like belonging. A sense of belonging is a big thing today.
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You should write, first of all, to please yourself. You shouldn't care a damn about anybody else at all. But writing can't be a way of life; the important part of writing is living. You have to live in such a way that your writing emerges from it.
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All you wanna do in life is do what you do well. That's when you're happiest.
