Miguel (Miguel Jontel Pimentel) Quotes
For me, the creative process for me always starts in a personal place. I step away from my iPod or any records or CDs.
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There are two of my favorite books, 'The Great Gatsby' and 'Gone With The Wind', that were made into movies. And I love those movies as much as I love the books. That's really rare.
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The guys in my band buy instruments and sell and trade them. But if I have something I hang onto it. Everything is sentimental to me.
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I was at UGA playing with Champ Bailey and Hines Ward - both guys who will probably touch the Hall of Fame one day.
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You can't predict when a crisis might hit your family, whether it's with an elderly parent or with your children.
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The Hoosier way is quite simple - we work hard, and we live within our means.
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Something stopped me in school a little bit. Anything that I'm not interested in, I can't even feign interest.
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When I'm actually assembling a scene, I assemble it as a silent movie. Even if it's a dialog scene, I lip read what people are saying.
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I grew up watching American films, listening to American music, and it's a big contribution to the rest of the world. I mean, American jazz, for me, is the best thing culturally that America has produced.
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I have four strikes against me. I'm black, I'm short, I'm intelligent, and I have a medical condition.
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I'm a lover of songs.
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I did some mistakes; I accept that - I always accept my mistakes. For sure, we are looking forward to improve, to deliver my best as always.
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Most people doing the decathlon these days are quite boring, so people don't relate to them.
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I know a lot of the work that paved the way for women happened before I was around... I was never that feminist girl demanding equality, but maybe that's because I've never really faced inequality.
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Music has no limits of a life-span.
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Daddy, daddy, daddy, All I want is you. You can have me, baby - but my lovin’ days is through. A certain amount of impotence in a dream deferred.
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They say there are strangers who threaten usIn our immigrants and infidelsThey say there is strangeness too dangerousIn our theaters and bookstore shelvesThat those who know what's best for usMust rise and save us from ourselves - Witch Hunt (Part III of 'Fear') (1980)
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So when you say it's gonna happen now.Well when exactly do you mean? See I've already waited too long. And all my hope is gone!
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We are living beyond our means. As a people we have developed a life-style that is draining the earth of its priceless and irreplaceable resources without regard for the future of our children and people all around the world.
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I try to make the readers feel they've lived the events of the book. Just as you grieve if a friend is killed, you should grieve if a fictional character is killed. You should care. If somebody dies and you just go get more popcorn, it's a superficial experience isn't it?
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I know this sounds kind of crazy, but I think we're all actors.
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I'd like to think, if I was ever in a fight, I'd win, although I'd probably run in the opposite direction.
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For me, the creative process for me always starts in a personal place. I step away from my iPod or any records or CDs.
