Khalid (Khalid Donnel Robinson) Quotes
I would classify myself as an individual. That's what I try to stay true with - being myself, 100 percent.
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Confirming John Roberts would endanger much of the progress made by the nation in civil rights over the past half century.
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A lot of people don't get second chances.
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I've performed Schoenberg's 'Pierrot lunaire' many times.
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You have to work hard for what you want to achieve and you have to set goals and dreams and really go for them.
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A definition of poetry can only determine what poetry should be and not what poetry actually was and is; otherwise the most concise formula would be: Poetry is that which at some time and some place was thus named.
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No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris.
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People dream their whole lives of their Oscar speech; I dreamt my whole life of hosting the Oscars.
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We can't continue to take from our planet the way we do and not give anything back, and the idea of, 'Oh, but it's fine, I won't have to deal with it in my lifetime,' well, you need to think about the future generations who will have to deal with it.
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Ringside seats mean you hear the breaking of ribs, the splattered cartilage of what was once the boxer's nose, the dislocation of the jaw, the horrifying 'ugggh' that the boxer utters milliseconds after receiving a crushing left hook to the solar plexus or kidneys or head.
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When a guy can make fun of you, thats attractive. Who knew that teasing could have so much power over women!
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My mother had a saying: 'Kamala, you may be the first to do many things, but make sure you're not the last.'
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I've found that you don't need to wear a necktie if you can hit.
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That was my challenge as an actress: to be a necessary part of the office without being too aggressive.
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Individual versus group selection results in a mix of altruism and selfishness, of virtue and sin, among the members of a society.
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I don't listen to my old stuff very often at all.
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I mean, '8½' to me is such a great dissertation on the whole, you know, act of filmmaking and creativity.
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When I see a fan coming over, I can't help but make an assumption about what they want to talk about. A middle-aged American woman will head over, and I think, 'Game of Thrones.' Turns out it's 'The Tudors' or 'Elementary' or 'The Hunger Games.' It's always a surprise.
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For women especially, it's important to be financially independent.
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The only way we are going to get diversity is if the demographics of the decision-makers change... The odd-token bone thrown is not going to do it. Don't pat yourself on the back because you made that black drama; that's not diversity. It's got to be baked into the foundation of where the ideas flow from.
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It's all about the sensuality of movement, every movement you make. That's why I love doing action movies. It's all about movement, dance - even if you're hitting someone in the face. You've got to sell it all with great passion. There's a narrative to the body. It's exactly the same as dance.
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I spend most of my days pacing around, muttering that I have no ideas, feeling like I'm walking a plank.
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Eventually, I realized that there was only so much that I could put in the way of my happiness, and acting made me happier than anything else.
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When all the world dissolves,And every creature shall be purified,All places shall be hell that are not heaven.
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I would classify myself as an individual. That's what I try to stay true with - being myself, 100 percent.
