Antoine Fuqua Quotes
If you disagree with the way a colleague did something, call him up, invite him out for a coffee, talk about it. But don't do it publicly.
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Whatever your image is, it's probably not you, but it affords you the freedom to live up to it.
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When I sing, people shut up.
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Sometimes the kids come up with better endings than the real story.
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I grew up a Detroit Tigers fan, and now to be an owner of the Dodgers is amazing.
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Through everything I've gone through- and I've been everywhere, at the top of the world, in jail, hung over drunk - I never gave up my dream of winning a gold medal in the Olympics.
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A lot of my creative energy is spent coming up with a concept that, once I get it, I feel like it writes itself.
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Every little girl looks up to her mom so much - that's your first hero.
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Regulators are going to have to come up with a way to treat Bitcoin that is balanced and thoughtful but also recognize that this is a global phenomenon.
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It was a great time to grow up in Chicago. It was the mid-'80s, and we had the '85 Bears and the Michael Jordan era.
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I'm organized, but receipts tend to mess up my system. They're barbarians! So I store them in a notepad.
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Growing up, I never imagined I would be an actor.
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I try to do things that make me feel good. I go to yoga classes, drink a lot of water, eat healthily and keep things like alcohol and coffee to weekends. I don't overdo anything.
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I grew up in a place where everybody was a storyteller, but nobody wrote. It was that kind of Celtic, storytelling tradition: everybody would have a story at the pub or at parties, even at the clubs and raves.
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My dad was so much fun growing up.
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I gave up writing children's books. I wanted to escape from them as I had once wanted to escape from 'Punch': as I have always wanted to escape. In vain.
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I'm not the type of person who thinks up a joke and has to tell everyone.
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I didn't write much until I turned 40. Up until then I felt constrained by a sense of the discipline of New Testament studies and a sense of the ruling elite in theology and biblical studies.
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I came up in hip-hop, where people value the ability to tell it straight.
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I'm a late riser by my family's standards. Sleeping is a luxury because since I was young, I woke up very early to go ice-skating. So I'm really not a morning girl.
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I rewrite my books many times before submitting them, and after my editor takes a look I wind up rewriting some more! It's a good thing I learned at an early age to keep on trying. Stick to it, and eventually you'll get there.
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I'm not entirely sure why I write about family, but I do know that it hasn't stopped interesting me. You meet and leave other people at different stages of your evolution, whereas family is made up of people who are constant links in your life, who know you over the course of time and have your complete curriculum vitae in their heads.
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As long as there is no proselytism... we must facilitate the partnership between parents and schools.
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I like simple things. I like being in my family in the South and playing petanque.
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If you disagree with the way a colleague did something, call him up, invite him out for a coffee, talk about it. But don't do it publicly.
