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 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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These days, everything is magnified very quickly by the media - the slightest slip can turn into a catastrophe.
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I think when you start analyzing trends and start making shows for a particular audience, you are making a fatal move. I think that's why people are doing too many revivals, that's why there's a plethora of rock musicals. There's room for everything, but not room for too much of anything.
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Filipino talents and skills are becoming ubiquitous in many parts of the world. Returning Filipino workers have helped improve our skills and technological standards.
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I'm very aware and very conscious of the path I chose in life, and very aware of the path I didn't choose.
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If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.
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I worked with Michelle Yeoh on my last film, 'Far North,' and her partner is Jean Todt; at the time, he ran Ferrari. So I went as a VIP to the British grand prix.
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The most important person is the one you are with in this moment.
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I think if you only work, then you won't have a life. It's tough to have a life when you're working a lot.
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I love anything really feminine. I love any sort of girly detail - anything with a bow or a heart on it, I'm immediately in love with.
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I'd love to collaborate with Frank Ocean. He's one of my favorite artists of all time.
