Amandla Stenberg Quotes
Me talking about political issues on a social platform was kind of an accident. It's something that's a part of my everyday - it's super central to who I am as a person.
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I think having imaginary friends is an amazing coping mechanism. It's pretty wonderful, and it makes a lot of sense to me.
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I haven't directed a film since 'Appaloosa,' and I've been looking for something because I love the directing thing.
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I started making music for fun, but I had two parents who were very much in the business. I didn't run around trying to get the spotlight. I was very shy. I never sang in front of people 'til I was about 17 years old.
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Gospel music rhythms are not African in origin, although I know that's what the jazz experts say.
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I don't need drugs to make my life tragic.
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Dealing with the government does not mean you have to give a bribe.
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Scientists at MIT and engineering schools all across America say that they could improve the fuel economy standards for the existing set of vehicles by 10 miles per gallon using existing technology, without compromising safety or comfort at all.
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I don't worry about the things I can't change.
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I can easily connect with the prepubescent dork I spent much of my life being.
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President Obama was never going repeal Obamacare - he was not going to be brought to his knees with the threat of a government shutdown.
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I have never made a game that wasn't explicitly about empowering players to tell their own story.
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Follow the fellow who follows a dream.
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I'm a character actor, but I look like a leading man.
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Of course the job has a lot of glamour. But it really is about being smarter than your average bear. Your mind is your best weapon. It's great when you're a good shot with an AK-47, but it's about being clever.
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You can't show up at the bedside and then turn on your skills. You have to keep your game sharp all the time.
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First of all, just to get Diner made would have been an achievement in that I got a chance to direct.
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I want to be a major force.
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I was for two years a pupil at the Model School in Fort street which was then conducted upon the Irish national system, and if any special religious instruction was given in connection with that system, I do not recollect it.
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You can't be an American if you don't speak English. Our public schools should be mandated to teach all children in English.
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Crime requires further crime to conceal it.
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A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but a little want of knowledge is also a dangerous thing.
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I look at my people, and I look at those who control them - the political elite. And the sad thing is that the elites are just not interested in the welfare of the people.
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All that political stuff Delano was doing. Me, I've gone off the top, into total fantasy.
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Me talking about political issues on a social platform was kind of an accident. It's something that's a part of my everyday - it's super central to who I am as a person.
