Antoine Fuqua Quotes
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Naturalization is the process by which a citizen, or subject of a foreign nation or kingdom, is made a citizen of the United States. It is evident that the Constitutional Convention thought that it was important that this process should be placed under the exclusive control of the Federal Government and not of the States.
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I never hand in a book until it's completed. Richard Jackson then reads it and asks me to clarify murky points. We work very well together. He knows how hard to push, and I know how hard to push back. He's the only person who can criticize my work without me throwing a hissy fit.
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Of course my parents are picky about the girls I date; my parents watch out for me.
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We did an album one time called White Mansions, about the civil war, but it was written by a guy from England. His looking at it from over there and it not being a part of his history made it so he could be objective.
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I've always been interested in strange foods, coming from all different places.
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Look what Disney's done to their animation department. There wasn't an animator in charge of their animation unit!
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If there is no criticism, you become lazy. But it should be constructive, and it should be the truth. If it's biased and there's no truth in it, then I don't care about it. If it's true, it helps me grow.
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I wasn't anything special as a father. But I loved them and they knew it.
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When I started in the mid-'90s, the goal was really to shoot for a film career and stay there.
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There's no one who has been living for centuries.
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After six wonderful years playing Emily Prentiss, I have decided it's time for me to move on. As much as I will miss my 'Criminal Minds' family, I am excited about the future and other opportunities.
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Forgiveness is not to give the other person peace. Forgiveness is for you. Take that opportunity.
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I am happy to say that everyone that I have met in my life, I have gained something from them; be it negative or positive, it has enforced and reinforced my life in some aspect.
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To me, family is what is important. If you don't have it, nothing is going to matter.
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In Delhi, where I grew up, commerce is brusque. You don't ask each other how your day has been. You might not even smile. I'm not saying this is ideal - it's how it is. You're tied together by a transaction. The customer doesn't tremble before complaining about how cold his food is.
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Our philosophy is, using internet technology, we can make every company become Amazon.
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I'm not one of these people that needs to feel loved. I don't need to see my picture everywhere.
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I wrote 'Time of the Dark' in 1978 and 'The Silent Tower' in 1984, so the thing that sticks out for me is how totally technology has changed. I suppose that's the great peril for real-world crossovers.
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I never want to play the same character twice. I like to do different roles. I have fun with that.
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I love my relationship with Coach Vermeil because it is one of the few genuine relationships that I have.
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You know when you're hungry and excited and you feel humble about it? I like that. In the past, when things were not clear, I think I wasn't ... I didn't have my feet on the ground as much, maybe, 10 years ago. So I just feel like this is a good place to be now, to feel that you want to tell stories from this place and that you're excited to tell stories from this place because you know what you love. I know what I love right now.
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Strip the proud nobility of their bloated estates, reduce them to a level with plain republicans, send forth to labor, and teach their children to enter the workshops or handle the plow, and you will thus humble proud traitors.
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Money equals freedom.
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Kurosawa is the sensei, the Shakespeare, of filmmaking.
