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 wish I was a wealthy person. I wish I could self-fund.
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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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It is my belief that many who think they dislike poetry are really poetical in their natures and are indebted to it, more than they imagine, for the success they may have achieved, even in practical pursuits, and for the enjoyment their lives have afforded them.
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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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Honestly, production when you first start can be difficult to wrap your head around.
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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 couldn't see myself filling some definite niche in what is called a career. This was all misty.
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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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A poor man is like a foreigner in his own country.
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I heavily overinvest in recruiting. I have an understanding with certain search firms that if you find someone great, don't wait until there's a job opening - send him to me.
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One of my biggest superstitions is to never speak about the future out loud. Let's just say I got a lot out there and I hope to keep on going.
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Regardless of the business aspect of things, is there a reason that there isn't a female Hitchcock or a female Scorsese or a female Spielberg? I don't know. I think it's a medium that really is built for the male gaze and for a male sensibility.
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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.
