Keith Sweat Quotes
My strategy has always been to give people just enough of me, then pull back. That way, they'll want more.
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In fact, there is clear evidence of black intellectual superiority: in 1984, 92 percent of blacks voted to retire Ronald Reagan, compared to only 36 percent of whites.
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Never stand still. Only stand still enough to learn, and once you stop learning in that stance, move off. Always keep yourself engaged, in theater, in whatever job you can get. If you can't get an acting job, then go backstage. Or take tickets. But be around actors because that is where you will primarily learn.
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I get some heat for what English people call 'overproduction.' I don't think my older stuff was overproduced, but I do think that sound has dated.
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How do you make it to the top when all you have is ambition and talent? You believe in yourself and surround yourself with other idealistic and talented friends that fuel each other and push against the establishment to take you seriously.
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Modesty means admitting the possibility of error, subsuming the self for the good of the whole, remaining open to surprise and the gifts that only failure can bring. There are many ways to practice it. Try taking up golf. Or making your own bagels. Or raising a teenager.
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From age 16, I lived and breathed wine. I read every magazine and book about wine.
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The only way not to think about money is to have a great deal of it.
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I just respect Kanye as an artist.
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I've been writing stories since I was a kid. I love writing stories.
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I love the fact that everyone's trying to be good-looking in L.A. - then I turn up and I get work.
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World's children cannot wait any longer. While international community debates and issues recommendations, statements and fine speeches, world's children - marginalised, socially excluded, poor and vulnerable - continue to suffer.
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Even the most embarrassing mishap can be spun into comedic gold.
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I could imagine actually being a scientist or a detective, but not a detective who puts his hands into gory, bloody things. But more like someone who figures things out. I like to figure things out.
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He is far too intelligent to become really cerebral.
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I cherish the ballets made for myself by Mr. Balanchine. He never lost his temper. He was quiet, humble, the genius of the 20th century.
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The various forms of intellectual activity which together make up the culture of an age, move for the most part from different starting-points, and by unconnected roads.
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God's Word is alive and powerful! When you declare these words over your life, the truth of God's Word draws forth the seeds of love that God deposits into us when we invite Jesus to be our Lord and Savior.
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My approach as an actor has always been the same, in that the greatest gift that you're ever going to have is your imagination because you're not going to have all life experiences. So you draw on things that are sort of close to it but you spend your time expanding on it or drawing something specific on whatever your situation is.
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People all over the world have problems. And as long as people have problems, the blues can never die.
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There should be an honest attempt at the reconciliation of differences before resorting to combat.
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People always ask what my inspiration is, and it's never something that's easily explained.
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I try to bring all that I am to my work and all that I experience. That includes how people react to the way I am - the prejudice and the celebrations.
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Mixing with groups of people can be enjoyed, it is pleasing in a way that cannot be explained other than the temptation to become closer to one or the other.
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My strategy has always been to give people just enough of me, then pull back. That way, they'll want more.
