R. Kelly Quotes
When you go to church, if the pastor at some point doesn't make you laugh, he probably ain't gonna make you join.
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Sometimes you just wonder whether people just don't have the sensitivity or decency. I'm a member of the media myself: I host a talk show. I know sometimes when you want to ask something, you can circumvent it with words and vocabulary. You don't suddenly just go out there and ask something directly in the pretense of being absolutely candid.
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This is the ultimate con game - I'm having fun and people pay me to do it.
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I shouldn't say this, but I always love the sidekicks. I want to do a leading-lady role in a film - absolutely. But I find that a lot of times I get attracted to the sidekick role. They stand out a little more because they're quirkier, they're funnier, they're crazier.
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The Pistols were like my work of art. They were my canvas.
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You have to be ready for all the games and be at 100 per cent if you want to win in this League.
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I didn't follow big box office ideas. That eventually led me to witches. It's led me to find interesting roles.
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Asking what I'd do without Loopt is almost like asking what I would do if I didn't have a smartphone because the feature set has become the norm for me.
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When you're a teenager, everything seems like the end of the world, and I don't think that's necessarily a silly thing. You're waking up and becoming aware that the world has problems and those problems affect you, whereas when you're young they don't seem to affect you that much even if you're aware of them.
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Work as though you would live forever, and live as though you would die today. Go another mile!
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I went from buying my own condominium and a car for myself when I was 17 on 'The Facts of Life' to not being able to pay my rent. I was at the unemployment office all the time. I had to sell my record collection just to make ends meet. And then I started getting these voice-over jobs.
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The entire making of 'Within and Without' was a series of experiments and trial by error. When I started writing, I didn't have a strong idea of what the record was going to end up like.
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There's a big debate whether pentathlon or heptathlon is harder: five events in one day or seven in two.
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Often I pretended to a cameraman to know less than I did. That way I got more cooperation.
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The whole point of Superman, as originally created, was to be the ally of those who had no other allies. It put that magnitude of power, the most powerful guy in the world, in the service of those who had no hope, no chance.
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India considers Saudi Arabia a center of stability in the region. The security and stability of the Gulf region and that of the Indian subcontinent are interlinked. Bilateral security cooperation between India and Saudi Arabia will contribute to regional stability and in addressing the common threat of terrorism in the region.
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Passion is one great force that unleashes creativity, because if you're passionate about something, then you're more willing to take risks.
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Even if it wasn't always morning in America during the years of his presidency, Reagan's eagerness to insist that it was tapped into a longing among voters. They didn't want to picture themselves turning down their thermostats and buttoning up their cardigans. They wanted to strut again. Reagan opened his arms and said, 'Walk this way.'
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Unless you have a long-running series, most actors just go job to job if you're lucky to keep working. You just do a movie or a play or a TV thing, and it's over at some point.
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No one can fail to see that the power of the Church among large numbers in many communities is today diminishing, or has already ceased.
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The thing about fantasy - there are certain things you just don't do in fantasy.
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There's something scary about acting always, because basically you do all this work in a vacuum, and then suddenly there's a lot of money spent making a film, and there's suddenly a camera here, going, 'Right? What are you gonna do?'
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Because I was a dancer, I started going to auditions for musical theater, which forced me to sing.
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I do not need a trophy to tell myself that I am the best.
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When you go to church, if the pastor at some point doesn't make you laugh, he probably ain't gonna make you join.
