Khalid (Khalid Donnel Robinson) Quotes
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I think why I was attracted to making something with Vice is that level of intimacy that you get as the viewer, getting to see some of that production element where we don't exactly know what we're doing, where we're going, or even if it's a good idea.
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Read some good, heavy, serious books just for discipline: Take yourself in hand and master yourself.
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I could be the best looking guy in the Duma, but that's only because all the other guys are over 60.
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I don't even own a television. I don't watch network television.
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Especially working in infectious disease, it's very interesting because these infectious diseases, these agents, they evolve over time. So it's very much an arms race and understanding how each changes to protect itself and to continue. And so it's very much this puzzle-solving but with this great urgency and importance in what you find.
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All performers get on stage because they need to feel love from an audience. I might appear confident, but those three seconds before I get out there, I'm a mess. But I have to take the risk; otherwise, I'd be miserable and would feel like I wasn't seeing through my personal destiny.
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Retiring for good wasn't difficult. I knew at the time it was right. I was no longer capable of achieving the standards I'd set myself and there was no light at the end of the tunnel.
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I always wanted to act. I guess I've always been a bit of a drama queen.
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In my role as a spokesperson for Amnesty International U.S.A. and as a supporter of various charitable causes including Unlock Iran, a campaign to release prisoners of conscience in Iran, I have never been faced with the threat of intimidation or arrest.
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Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.
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I don't really enjoy working in TV, to be completely honest. Even though it's incredibly lucrative, I'm just terrified of not being satiated in a myriad of different ways.
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I'm just going to have fun. Maybe that will be the most important thing to do.
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Hollywood's built on insecurity. People are trying to prove things. And I probably have that. I probably do. Probably guilty of it, in a way.
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I am not an oligarch. I am a servant and I try to align my interests and those of my investors.
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To me, being in your prime means playing your best and feeling your best, too.
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Both of my parents were super music lovers when I was growing up - they had a massive record and tape collection. I think my dad even had a couple of laser discs, but that was a short-lived thing.
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These days, everything is magnified very quickly by the media - the slightest slip can turn into a catastrophe.
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When a crowd rushes into your house without declaring its intention, it is, by definition, an invasion.
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I feel like I write the same album every time but each time I try to convey the message more simply.
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At the time, it was a really funny joke [Fluffy] and I went back and forth with going against the joke or embrace it. I decided to embrace it and now we're talking about it, so it was a good call.
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What can it matter to me, that I succeed or fail? The undertaking is none of mine, if they want me to succeed I’ll fail, and vice versa, so as not to be rid of my tormentors.
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Telecom companies are doing very, very well. And the internet economy is doing very, very well.
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I'd love to collaborate with Frank Ocean. He's one of my favorite artists of all time.
