Luvvie Ajayi Quotes
I am a firm believe in the power of dreams, because the world is basically one giant realization of people's collective dreams come true. We need to dream to aspire to do something that keeps us striving. But those dreams and ideas and wants mean nothing without execution, which doesn't usually happen without a plan.
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Ambition often puts Men upon doing the meanest offices; so climbing is performed in the same position with creeping.
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I start the day with oatmeal with vanilla almond milk. If I don't, I'm dying by noon and eating everything in sight. On-set, I avoid crap and pack soup and salad. I cook pork chops or turkey tacos for dinner.
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I grew up watching 'Raging Bull.'
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In a lot of ways, I envy someone like Omar Sharif who lived in a hotel for decades.
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I think the colleges should be free to give athletes less than a full scholarship, no scholarship and more than a scholarship. And the athletes should be free to bargain.
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I don't like to define my music. To me, music is pure emotion. It's language that can communicate certain emotions and the rhythms cuts across genders, cultures and nationalities. All you need to do is close your eyes and feel those emotions.
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A man cannot become an atheist merely by wishing it.
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I guess my main influences are Jesus, rock 'n' roll and ex-wives. In that order.
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I was very close to my mother, and her death, which left a gaping hole in my life, has been very difficult for me and my father in a lot of ways.
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Writing is just very difficult. I'm an adequate performer. And I think I have a special talent as an editor. Editing is what I do best.
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I don't think the deficit of the country is a Republican issue or a Democratic issue. I think it's a country issue. I don't think worrying about the reindustrialization of America is a Republican or Democratic issue.
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I have never spoken for anyone but myself.
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A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals.
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A mind all logic is like a knife all blade. It makes the hand bleed that uses it.
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Doing Shakespeare in the Park has always been a dream. Everyone else says Hamlet, but I want to play Romeo.
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Thankfully, it became clear to me that when I compete, I lose my connection to the passion I have for my work.
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It is nearly always the most improbable things that really come to pass.
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I don't know if I'm a method actor.
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All children are born Atheists; they have no idea of God.
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I would love it if anyone gave me the job of adapting 'The Great Gatsby,' but nobody ever does.
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As a filmmaker, I wish we didn't have to do trailers at all, quite honestly. I wish we didn't have to do posters. I wish didn't have to give anything away. I wish people could just come in the movie blind. But as an audience member, I respect that you have to tell an audience that this is worth your time.
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No power or virtue of man could ever have deserved that what has been fated should not have taken place.
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In America, where no one judged or supervised her, where my father was too busy eating her cooking to notice whether she was eating it, too, my mother found herself newly enchanted by the taste of food.
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I am a firm believe in the power of dreams, because the world is basically one giant realization of people's collective dreams come true. We need to dream to aspire to do something that keeps us striving. But those dreams and ideas and wants mean nothing without execution, which doesn't usually happen without a plan.
