Anderson East Quotes

It's all about being comfortable, forgetting there's a microphone in front of you.

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• Nietzsche claimed that his genius was in his nostrils and I think that is a very excellent place for it to be.

  

  Federico Fellini
  • Think
  • Place
  • Genius

• Africa has no future.

  

  V. S. Naipaul
  • Future
  • Africa

• A lot of people tell me, 'You are from North; how do you manage to get along in the South?' I don't know what to say to them. I've always felt at home here, and by learning to speak Telugu, my connection with the place has gotten that much stronger.

  

  Rakul Preet Singh
  • People
  • Home
  • Learning

• I pick up on other people's discomfort.

  

  Carice van Houten
  • People
  • Up
  • Other

• I will not look back and say, 'I should have played in England.'

  

  Zlatan Ibrahimovic
  • Look
  • Will
  • Back

• I think once you're in the public eye, whether you're a boss, a teacher or whatever you do, that you're automatically in the position of role model. You have people looking up to you, so whether you choose to accept it or not is a different question.

  

  Talib Kweli Black Star
  • People
  • Up
  • Different

• It's not a meritocracy until everyone starts with the same opportunities, is it?

  

  Laura Wade
  • Same
  • Opportunities
  • Until

• L.A. is definitely a Marmite sort of place for me. I used to hate it, but now I love it. I think it really helps if you know the places and the restaurants and the nice bars to go to and if you have friends there. I've got some friends over there now, and they're not all actors, which is quite refreshing, and now I have a great time there.

  

  Tamsin Egerton
  • Time
  • Great
  • Love

• I made a decision when I started writing 'All is Song' to take the compliments I had for 'The Wilderness' and try to be confident and not overwhelmed by it.

  

  Samantha Harvey
  • Writing
  • Song
  • Decision

• My character in 'La Haine,' he's not bad; he's unhappy, and usually, people are like that. Most of us are angry.

  

  Vincent Cassel
  • People
  • Character
  • Bad

• I've been blessed; I've been getting so many amazing opportunities because of the UFC. I know there are going to be haters no matter how successful I am, and I just have to be thankful for all the blessings that I have because all of it can be over before you know it.

  

  Paige VanZant
  • Amazing
  • Blessed
  • Thankful

• Men are often a lot less vindictive than women are, because we are rejected constantly every day.

  

  Warren Farrell
  • Men
  • Women
  • Day

• I try to research or make up for myself what happened in any character's life. From when he was born until the first page of the script. I fill in the blanks.

  

  Viggo Mortensen
  • Life
  • Up
  • Character

• If you're only making an album every 10 years, it better be good.

  

  Sade Adu
  • Good
  • Years
  • Better

• I think, growing up, I was seen as the perfect power forward. For a long time, I thought maybe I was supposed to be a basketball player.

  

  D'Brickashaw Ferguson
  • Up
  • Time
  • Long

• I don't give my phone number to strangers. It's Plaza 5048.

  

  Irene Dunne

• Accept no substitutes; I bring truth to the youth.

  

  Tupac Shakur
  • Truth
  • Accept
  • Substitutes

• Distant lover, ooo, sugarHow can you treat my heart so mean and cruel?Didn't you know, sugar, that I dreamOf what I spent with you?I treasure it like it was a precious jewel, oh baby.Lord have mercy!

  

  Marvin Gaye
  • Heart
  • Baby
  • Mercy

• It depends on the generation and gender. The males usually go for 'Police Academy,' and the young women now in their late 20s or so go for 'Punky Brewster.' I am recognized quite frequently because they're still playing that stuff on television!

  

  George Gaynes
  • Women
  • Police

• Something I found while writing 'Alice & Oliver' - a book that is unquestionably a work of fiction, but which also borrows details from my own life - is that writing the truth often requires invention and imagination.

  

  Charles Bock
  • Life
  • Work
  • Writing

• Hassan's not going anywhere. He's staying right here with us, where he belongs. This is his home and we're his family. Don't you ever ask me that question again!

  

  Khaled Hosseini
  • Family
  • Home
  • Question

• I worked on a farm. Played ball and loafed along the fishing and swimming holes of the White River, and my boyhood was not a lot different from that of other youngsters.

  

  Chuck Klein
  • Different
  • River
  • Swimming

• My formative years would be in South Central Los Angeles. It was a really volatile environment, but, I always say, when you're living in the hood, you don't live this life where you're crying every day, downtrodden every day.

  

  John Singleton
  • Life
  • Live
  • Environment

• It's all about being comfortable, forgetting there's a microphone in front of you.

  

  Anderson East