Lucy Liu Quotes
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Brad Pitt is a dude who just wants to make good movies. He's not afraid to surround himself with the greatest actors, which I always appreciate because I've also seen actors who only want to surround themselves with weak actors because it makes them look better. That ends up making a poorer movie.
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I was playing a defensive guard in 'My All American' who is a really fast runner, so a lot of my training was running. I wasn't too worried about bulking up because he was supposed to be on the small side.
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I think the Matrix effect is over-used and I don't do it anymore.
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I don't tend to set out on huge world domination goals or have anything in mind. I just like to play. I like to gig a lot; I like to write music.
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When the days start to get shorter, I want to be in some nice brick building on the East Coast with the lights glowing in the windows. When the daylight starts changing, I want to be out West.
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Doing business and doing good are not mutually exclusive, and it is our responsibility to prove this every day anew.
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When I was in high school I was 250 pounds.
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False news, when combined with social media, can wreak havoc thanks to its potential of reaching millions in a short span. The effects can be quite disturbing.
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In my day we didn't have sex education, we just picked up what we could off the television.
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I love Italian food; it's soulful like French food. Italian food is original and homey; it's market-driven, but also can be locally sourced.
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I do not take up a responsibility unless I am sure of putting my heart and soul into it.
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I look at what I've gone through in my career and I really shouldn't be talking to you now. I should be dead ten times over.
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I think people like to be scared. I think people like tension and suspense in a movie.
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I was born on a plantation, and things weren't so good. We didn't have any money. I never thought of the word 'poor' 'til I got to be a man, but when you live in a house that you can always peek out of and see what kind of day it is, you're not doing so well. And your rest room is not inside the house.
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It's easy for me to be motivated and inspired by seeing somebody who just goes all out to do something.
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The power of a book lies in its power to turn a solitary act into a shared vision. As long as we have books, we are not alone.
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My mom is from Texas, but I was raised in Florida.
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Freddie Aguilar, who's billed as 'the Bob Dylan of the Philippines.' This is unfair, since he's good-looking, plays the guitar well, can carry a tune, and writes songs that make sense.
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The fear of murder has grown so enormous in the United States that it leaves a taint, like the mark of Cain, on everyone murder touches.
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I look at my kids, who were born under a Black president, who hop around the living room naked and joyful, mimicking Simone Biles, and just think, Damn, they got some amazing role models of Black excellence.
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At the same time, old confrontations have taken on frightening urgency, especially the India-Pakistan conflict over Kashmir and the violent stalemate in the Middle East. Progress on these and other global challenges requires us to develop a larger strategy for American foreign policy, rooted in a fundamental commitment to move the world from interdependence to an integrated global community committed to peace and prosperity, freedom and security.
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'Translations Through Speakers' was literally, I'm translating very spottily what my aspirations are.
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I try to distinguish my characters from each other.
