R. Kelly Quotes
When I was performing on streets, there was no pressure. People accepted me. They loved me without knowing me.
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I'm not Cinderella.
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When I'm in my 50s, I kind of think I'll want to be in a garden.
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At college, I wanted to be a poet. I liked the extremely concentrated language, the atmosphere of otherworldliness.
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I worry about whether SBA programs are still doing what they are meant to do - support lenders who fund good business startups and good expansion plans.
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What I love is dropping into someone else's life and exploring it.
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You should only have so many accessories. You have to make sure you have the right ones at the right time.
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My mother and my grandmother are pioneers of Mexican cuisine in this country, so I grew up in the kitchen. My mom, Zarela Martinez, was by far my biggest influence and inspiration - and toughest critic.
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I saw Mercury Prize-winners Alt-J for the first time recently, touring their debut album 'An Awesome Wave,' and I'm still riding the high: they're the most musically dynamic and exciting band to have poured tune into my lug holes live since Bellowhead.
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Becoming a vampire means completely changing your identity.
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I've never, ever done a piece of work - and can't imagine doing a piece of work - when I've thought, 'I was pretty perfect in that.'
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Speed can't always get you wickets.
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I love the outdoors. I love climbing mountains.
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I love acting. I've been doing it since I was 16, and it's in my nature. It's the thing I do best. But as much as I love acting, I love cinema more. I always had a thing about creating images.
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I put my thoughts in a book, which must mean I don't want anyone to read them.
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The fact that 35 percent of all American giving went to religious organizations in 2010 reflects how closely bound many of us are with our place of worship.
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The nature of creativity is to make space for things to happen... We can drive it out with our busyness and plans.
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If you're writing fantasy or science fiction, it's really hard to do if you don't know a lot, at least in a basic way, about how the real world works.
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Trinidad may seem complex, but to anyone who knows it, it is a simple, colonial, philistine society.
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If you are talking about terrorism, you need to sit down and understand what is making these people put dynamite around their waists and blow themselves up.
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I try to ignore the Tonys buzz as much as possible. It's wonderful to be thought of that way, but I have to kind of pretend it's not happening so I can keep focus. It's about the work I'm doing, and it's more than enough to come away knowing that people are changed when they leave the theater.
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If you are telling the truth, then you can speak gently, and your words will have power.
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I own nothing; I just stay with friends all over the country.
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I didn't change the world.
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When I was performing on streets, there was no pressure. People accepted me. They loved me without knowing me.
