Antoine Fuqua Quotes
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By the time I got to Northwestern University in 1930, I was a football bum more interested in being an All-Star player and signing on with a pro team than going after a newspaper job.
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Imperfection is perfection.
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To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
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I always played to win.
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I want 'The Lady' magazine to be restored to its traditional place in the pantheon of weekly magazines.
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Over the years I have learned that what is important in a dress is the woman who is wearing it.
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In a democracy, allegations will never improve situations. So, I'm against allegations, but I always welcome criticism.
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I can't take the theater side out of myself.
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The first thing I read was of my character on the phone talking to Sydney's fiance. Though short, it was so beautifully written, and it made me laugh. I thought if I wanted to play a character, this would be it.
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I hate the domestic life.
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Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.
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Auditions make me nervous; any time I have to perform, I get stage fright.
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The Navy runs their process. The House of Representatives doesn't do anything about their process. We do not select. Navy officers select.
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Yoga means union, in all its significances and dimensions.
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When you look at Apple News and where it started, I want it to be available to everyone. But we also want to make sure the news producers are legitimate... We're very concerned about what's news items and what's clickbait.
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Writing about 2,000 words in three hours every morning, 'Casino Royale' dutifully produced itself. I wrote nothing and made no corrections until the book was finished. If I had looked back at what I had written the day before I might have despaired.
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I think pink is one of the saddest colors in the world, and many American humans are taught not to take anything pink seriously, which is weird.
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I don't think paper will go away. I do believe that the value of paper will change, and Xerox is working on changing that value. Consider a color page. Actual life is in color, but you keep reproducing it in black and white. You remove value. It's a bad thing to do.
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In creating the silkpunk aesthetic, I was influenced by the ideas of W. Brian Arthur, who articulates a vision of technology as a language.
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Day after day, I spent long afternoons in the talent pool, being told how to walk, how to talk, how to sit.
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Where writers are from is one of the world' s most boring topics. Where we're born, gender or race, wealth or poverty - those are the things we spend time talking about. Stop trying to label me. I'm a writer. Worry about whether I'm any good!
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I wasn't rich.
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Words have power, and if you are going to use your words negatively, then that is exactly what is going to happen in your life.
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I grew up watching 'Rocky.' I still love that movie, the original one.
