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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Apparently 'The Office' plays in Brazil. Who would've thought that Brazilians would identify with a bunch of pasty white Scrantonians in a paper company? But the Brazilians I've met have really loved the show.
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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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I think I should get a bigger between-the-song persona, so then I'm not wandering around the stage like some mad old auntie that's saying hello to people and falling over.
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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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Society can overlook murder, adultery or swindling; it never forgives preaching of a new gospel.
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I was raised on NBC television.
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I think people who create and write, it actually does flow-just flows from into their head, into their hand, and they write it down. It's simple.
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I do feel I have a hard time dealing with things being OK.
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I'd love to collaborate with Frank Ocean. He's one of my favorite artists of all time.
