Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
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Where having been an actor was extremely helpful to me was in casting. That's where I think a director who has acted can really shine, and casting is the most important thing you do.
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I'm always afraid of failing. I have to quiet that fear if I'm going to get up in the morning.
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For a lot of pop performers, fame and celebrity is part of the job. But for singer-songwriters, no one really cares.
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Diversity isn't just a hallmark of big cities anymore.
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Twitter should ban my mother.
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Unquestionably, there is progress. The average American now pays out twice as much in taxes as he formerly got in wages.
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Who would set a limit to the mind of man? Who would dare assert that we know all there is to be known?
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From 1 till 7, when we moved to England, I spoke only Portuguese.
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If science fiction is the mythology of modern technology, then its myth is tragic.
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I like children; I like 'em, and I respect 'em. Pretty much all the honest truth-telling there is in the world is done by them.
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I have a lot of friends and fans in Canada and as a matter of fact I met a fan from there that came down to my office. It was nice and we took pictures and had a nice talk.
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I've always had mostly women come out to see me perform. That's the reason the guys show up; they know R. Kelly is going to draw the women. Most of the songs I'm singing are catering to women anyway.
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I can't do choreographed movement. It has to come from my heart... and my pelvis.
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If you're asking your kids to exercise, then you better do it, too. Practice what you preach.
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We must master our egoism, and through this mastery, step outside ourselves and educate ourselves in giving. Fasting requires that we rediscover all that is alive around us, and reconcile ourselves with our environment.
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But what I'm very interested in, whether it's writing, whether it's hosting a show, whether it's cooking food, I'm just into the discussions of identity, culture and the politics of culture.
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Be your true self. Because if you're not, there are consequences to be paid.
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Disease is the tax which the soul pays for the body, as the tenant pays house-rent for the use of the house.
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It's great, because different groups of kids can laugh at each other and still enjoy the show.
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Even the worse of jobs has their pleasures, if I were a grave digger or a hangmen, there are some people I could work for with a great deal of enjoyment.
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I'm a sucker for a good movie.
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There is nobody that I know who believes that Bank of America is a human being who should be entitled for the same constitutional rights that the people of our country are.
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I would like to see more Bollywood films! The more stylized musicals are a new trend in the U.S. We are beginning to make musicals again after a long break, practically since the days of the studio structure, so perhaps we can learn a few things from Bollywood about this fun style of film-making.
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Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
