Kevin Bales Quotes
For some slaves, the first step out of bondage is to learn to see their lives with new eyes. Their reality is a social world where they have their place and some assurance of a subsistence diet. Born into slavery, they cannot easily redefine their lives outside the frame of enslavement.
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There are lots of people who haven't been to drama school who have great talent and can be discovered.
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Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.
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Money is our madness, our vast collective madness.
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People just decided I was an R&B artist because I'm black.
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I didn't beat her. I just pushed her out of bed.
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A lot of people go in and have to create their own characters, and they do fine with it.
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I would not hesitate to vote for a white person as president if I thought he was the best person for the job.
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I went to a strict elementary school with nuns, and uniforms that I'm pretty sure were made out of sandpaper. It was an academic, sports-oriented place. I liked to read, and wanted to act, and didn't try out for volleyball. I was weird. The other girls would dip my hair in ink and stuff.
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All diseases run into one, old age.
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Do not despise the fish because they are absolutely unable to speak or to reason, but fear lest you may be even more unreasonable than they by resisting the command of the Creator. Listen to the fish, who through their actions all but utter this word: 'We set out on this long journey for the perpetuation of our species.'
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Frankly speaking, it's only the script that matters to me the most. If I like the script, then I just commit to myself and go ahead with it. But I also look at the commitment and confidence of the director of the film because it's him who will shape the film.
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When you make a movie, it's up to so many things and so many people.
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Stand-up comedy is an art form and it dies unless you expand it.
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I loved being in Bombay. It was a pretty thrilling place to walk around and explore.
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There are other ways of finding satisfaction, recipes for human happiness, enjoyment, dignified and meaningful, gratifying life, than increased consumption that increases production.
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Anybody can do a deal. The tough part is doing the deal at the right time, being strategic.
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Slowly but surely, we have much better female roles to play and to choose from.
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Sometimes you have to exercise your insanity, to really make it strong.
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The real religion of the world comes from women much more than from men - from mothers most of all, who carry the key of our souls in their bosoms.
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The power of the masses can influence any government in the world. The power of the masses can elect an official, start a revolution, and drive history. Nelson Mandela did it alone from his prison cell. Ghandi did it lying down. Egypt did it singing songs.
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Has anybody ever seen a dramatic critic in the daytime? Of course not. They come out after dark, up to no good.
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I really do think of it in moral terms. I think that we can't kid ourselves that the storytelling impulse is innocent and does nothing but bring good to the world.
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For some slaves, the first step out of bondage is to learn to see their lives with new eyes. Their reality is a social world where they have their place and some assurance of a subsistence diet. Born into slavery, they cannot easily redefine their lives outside the frame of enslavement.
