Yami Gautam Quotes
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I've been writing music since 4th grade, and I love putting words together and expressing things in a way that you can move your head to and you can really relate to, because I have a lot to say.
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You can get all A's and still flunk life.
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Sometimes when I'm going to the supermarket to get the coffee and cat litter, I get freaked out and see all these people staring, and you turn around and there's, like, 40 people all looking at you... and when you go around the corner, they're all following you! You start freaking out like a trapped animal.
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I always ask, why can't I be just like Cary Grant or something.
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I usually say I left puberty at 58.
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If you fall off a horse, you get back up. I am not a quitter.
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In 1979, when I was 39, I had such a bad year, I thought it was all over. Thankfully it wasn't.
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What's upsetting about an autobiography is that the final chapter is always missing. I mean, you want the death, don't you?
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Every happening, great and small, is a parable whereby God speaks to us, and the art of life is to get the message.
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I was admittedly comfortable with Iman Cosmetics being identified as a beauty brand that filled the gap for black women because it was deeply personal for me.
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I like 'The Nightly Show.' People ask me what it is, and I say, 'If you're watching 'The Daily Show,' and it feels like it's getting a little darker, you're probably watching 'The Nightly Show.''
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Less make-up is better, and it's always better to let your natural beauty shine. Essentially, be happy with your appearance.
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I'm not going to just say nice things about everybody unless I mean it.
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So I moved to Europe and only came back when directors like Robert Altman would call me after they'd seen my work in Full Metal Jacket.
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Any story hits you harder if the person delivering it doesn't sound like some news robot but in fact sounds like a real person having the reactions a real person would.
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Total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which changes of mind might naturally arise.
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All achievements, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea.
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Given a choice between Charlie Mingus and Eric Dolphy or Joe Strummer and Lou Reed, there was no choice. I like Reed and Strummer, but it's kiddie music.
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You have to trust your government. Don't let every scar, every wart, every hiccup condemn the whole body.
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Never forget that no military leader has ever become great without audacity.
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I feel that the essence of dance is the expression of mankind - the landscape of the human soul. I hope that every dance I do reveals something of myself or some wonderful thing a human being can be.
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I now realize that I am a gay man before anything else. Other gays may think they're a Jew first, or black, or a banker, but I'm gay.
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Only in spontaneity can we be who we truly are.
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I try and groom myself, be it through fitness or dance.
