Andre Ward Quotes
I don't come from a position that I am better than everybody; I come from a position that I had a tough upbringing. And I don't always highlight it, because I just never wanted to be that person with another rags to riches story.
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There are just so many young designers now.
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I don't feel the need for religion. But I went on a yoga retreat last year and I do believe slightly in the karma thing and just being good and true unto yourself. And I slightly believe that you can attract good and bad to you.
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I discovered the theater when I was in the first grade.
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Curiosity is natural to the soul of man and interesting objects have a powerful influence on our affections.
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That's the great thing about G.I. Joe: it's essentially superheroes, but it's military based - and it's based in reality.
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I liked 'Diff'rent Strokes' up until about the last three or four years. I was bored.
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At that point, there will be the handover between the shuttle arm and the station arm so that the shuttle arm will take the cradle and put it into the cargo bay.
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Growing up, I was so shy, but it was weird because I was the complete opposite on stage. I was just free to be myself.
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I have relationships with people I'm working with, based on our combined interest. It doesn't make the relationship any less sincere, but it does give it a focus that may not last beyond the experience.
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I spent seven months in Africa and came back saying there isn't anything you can say about black people that you couldn't say about, say, pink people except that they're black.
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There's no room in my life for feeling sorry for myself.
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Anyone who has grown up in Delhi knows it's horrible.
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I watch children a great deal; their idea is that rules are always negotiable, whereas you absolutely cannot joke at the airport about your toothpaste, and you cannot rollerblade in Grand Central Station. I keep running up against these things.
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We've been programmed, from the time that we were very, very little, about what we can't do - about what is impossible.
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In the first week of release, 'Beasts Of No Nation' was the most watched movie on Netflix, in every country we operate in.
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In 1975, I left the burning city of Beirut for the quiet insanity of England. To say that short, frail and wispy 15-year-old me didn't fit in would be such an understatement as to be a joke.
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Michael Landon was the biggest influence. As a child, I watched him write, direct, star, and produce a TV show every week. He showed me what was possible.
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You don't judge a book by a cover. I'm not your typical rap look.
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Malaria is a disease that kills one to three million people a year. 300 to 500 million cases are reported. It's estimated that Africa loses about 13 billion dollars a year to the disease. Five dollars can save a life. We can send people to the moon; we can see if there's life on Mars - why can't we get five-dollar nets to 500 million people?
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There are many pop stars who are great performers - but there is no chart-topping pop star in history who could play guitar like Prince.
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I've never really had a problem with the imagination level of an audience. They're always smarter and savvier than any studio exec will give them credit for.
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I don't come from a position that I am better than everybody; I come from a position that I had a tough upbringing. And I don't always highlight it, because I just never wanted to be that person with another rags to riches story.
