Yaphet Kotto Quotes
I'm afraid that I'm either going to have to write myself something or direct something if I'm going to get somewhere.
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I am the daughter of the Chairman of the Board and thus, was raised with great music.
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The entire time I was up shooting 'Suits,' I was running back to my trailer to help get 'Nine Circles' produced. It's a no-brainer for me to keep that part of life alive.
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How small a part of time they share, That are so wondrous sweet and fair!
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When I was on 'Trauma,' the first order was six, which turned to 12, and then there were rumors of getting cancelled. I'm used to that.
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The art of life is to show your hand.
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Both World War II and the subsequent Cold War gave America's involvement in world affairs a clear focus. The objectives of foreign policy were relatively easy to define, and they could be imbued with high moral content.
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For psychological purposes the most important differences in conation are those in virtue of which the object is revealed as sensed or perceived or imaged or remembered or thought.
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It is more important to know how to mix and match the clothes than to spend money.
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I mean, sometimes when you do a show or a campaign with a designer, you get along with them really well and you become friends. And then, sometimes, people are just a bit... weird.
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I worked with the Neville Brothers for 40-some years on the highway, and up and down since I can remember - funk from New Orleans.
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I would rather be on the set than doing anything.
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I had this 'War and Peace' thing of wanting to experience war as a kind of incredible human enterprise. I even applied to Officer Candidate School. Then the practical side of me kicked in and I thought, 'I really don't want to get drafted.' So I went down to the physical and checked every psychological disorder and drug on the medical history form.
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If Boston charters can be stymied despite their extraordinary success, charters anywhere can be stopped.
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I never come away from a film thinking I nailed it.
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It's like everybody is shooting something, and everybody's a filmmaker; everybody can shoot a cat video and post it. So the big thing now is - for people that have talent and have something to say, and are creative, and are capable of making something good - is how do they get attention to it?
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Modesty means admitting the possibility of error, subsuming the self for the good of the whole, remaining open to surprise and the gifts that only failure can bring. There are many ways to practice it. Try taking up golf. Or making your own bagels. Or raising a teenager.
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My tastes are aristocratic, my actions democratic.
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I don't know that much about who directs what movies, but I'm definitely inspired by the look of old movies; I find them to be really beautiful.
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A novel is a great act of passion and intellect, carpentry and largess. From the very beginning, I wrote to explain my own life to myself, and I invited readers who chose to make the journey with me to join me on the high wire.
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What you measure affects what you do. If you don't measure the right thing, you don't do the right thing.
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You know, there's always someone in mind when I'm writing. You know, it's all comes from somewhere inside.
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I'm not a wimpy kid at all. I don't care what other people think - I only care what I think about myself.
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Rankings are not so important. I am only focused on winning tournaments.
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I'm afraid that I'm either going to have to write myself something or direct something if I'm going to get somewhere.
