Adepero Oduye Quotes
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When you run the marathon, you run against the distance, not against the other runners and not against the time.
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I saw a picture of Elvis in blue lame, and thought that if I could recreate that suit and walk down the King's Road in it, someone might pick me up and take me off on a crazy adventure.
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I've never left them to go do a film. No, we all go together. I could never leave them. My kids are my whole world.
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I believe that movies are fast becoming antique and dinosauric as a medium. Film is a medium for the over-40s and television has gone the same way. If you're going to look towards the new generation, then of course you're going to have to be a lot more random, spontaneous, irreverent and provocative with your programming.
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I know one of the reasons God gave me kids was to test my patience.
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What I love is dropping into someone else's life and exploring it.
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Well, I - you know, the scripture says that God works by faith. And you have to have faith. You have to have trust in God so that God can work.
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For me, great music doesn't just have to fall into one category or one genre and I love appreciating all kinds of music.
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I wanted to see how flavors, spices, and grains traveled back and forth along the Silk Road and were interpreted by a multitude of cultures' palates.
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It used to hurt me that people thought I didn't have the technique and the temperament to play Test cricket.
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I've had the privilege of meeting and/or interviewing most of the top metal and hard rock artists at various points in my career and sharing their stories and music with millions of fans on air through TV and radio.
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I have super-supercurly hair, and it's a constant struggle.
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Every leading lady I work with, I'll see if I can get a song out of them and put it on an album.
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The men and women of my generation are heirs to that great collective success which has been admired worldwide and of which we are so proud. It is now up to us to pass it on to the coming generations.
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What we have done, the result of that comes to us whenever it comes, either today, tomorrow, hundred years later, hundred lives later, whatever, whatever. And so, it's our own karma. That is why that philosophy in every religion: Killing is sin. Killing is sin in every religion.
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It is amazing that it is my destiny to be the first Aussie to win the Masters.
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We are breaking new ground in the territory of dumb with 'Shooting Fish.' Dumb, but in good taste. Silly, but not ridiculous.
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Every piece of geopolitical strife that's happening in the world today is revolved around energy, either trying to grab resources or people using resources to fund radical groups.
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We'd do better to follow the admonition of Jesus about loving our neighbours. People in the U.S. are capable of forgiveness and willing to see one another's point of view, but when matters become politicised, we're less able to do that.
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One of my grandfathers was a blacksmith, and all the plumbers and carpenters and electricians, people who did things with their hands, thought of themselves as artists because they were good at doing things. They were proud of their making things.
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Benteen, come on, big village, be quick. Bring packs.
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We have been travelling through a cloud. The sky has been dark ever since the war began.
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There are conservative people in all colours in America.
