Ashton Sanders Quotes
I want to keep doing projects that speak for people within the community and tell different types of meaningful stories.
Quotes to Explore
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The first thing people say to me when they meet me is, 'You're so much skinner in person.' You have to live up to these standards that are so unrealistic. I try to tune it out.
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The reason a poet is a poet is to write poems, not to advertise himself as a poet.
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Sometimes I play cricket, and I play badminton.
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The 'Room 93' EP was just kind of picking apart the sense of voyeurism and the sense of isolation and turning it into, essentially, a little black book and reflecting on - at that time - 19 years of me forming relationships with people.
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I couldn't follow nobody's rules.
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I love the Royal Family. The Queen, she's fabulous.
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Acting is not a mystery. There's nothing that I know that other actors don't know. We all act, we're all actors, we all know the same thing. The only thing that separates us is experience.
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The publishing industry is an archaic and inefficient industry.
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My heart is mysteriously alive in the world of sounds - a totally different dimension from the daily life.
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Every anti-gay remark from the Church gives the thug a license to be cruel.
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There comes a time when every scientist, even God, has to write off an experiment.
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If you're a basketball player, you've got to shoot.
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Only the other world has substance and reality; only good deeds and holy learning have tangible worth.
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I don't turn my nose up at anything. If it's a great part, it's a great part. I'd love to do a box-office hit.
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When I finished touring 'Fur and Gold,' I was just like, 'What am I doing? What do I have? Where is my home?' I didn't really know where it was, so I went to New York to try and make it there.
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After the Soviet Union collapsed, people thought I wasn't funny anymore.
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Leaks are always bad news.
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Marching thus at night, a battalion is doubly impressive. The silent monster is full of restrained power; resolute in its onward sweep, impervious to danger, it looks a menacing engine of destruction, steady to its goal, and certain of its mission.
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I don't think you should have everybody's information from their bank. There should be some process: accusations and proof that you've committed a crime.
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I saw what the Depression was doing to my students. Often they could get no jobs, or jobs which were wholly inadequate. And through them, I began to understand how deeply political and economic events could affect men's lives. I began to feel the need to participate more fully in the life of the community.
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It's hard for me to fake smile. I personally think I look stupid fake smiling.
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The whole 'serious artist' thing is very damaging. The powers that be will steer you towards your own demise. One thing I've learned is that it's not very glamourous, and my problems are no different from anybody else's.
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When providing people with the direction and expected behaviors, you need to be alert to the fact that they will hold you accountable. People want to know if you are walking the talk. They will be watching your every move and you need to be one in the same... every minute of every day.
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I want to keep doing projects that speak for people within the community and tell different types of meaningful stories.
