Kevin Lima Quotes
From the very, very beginning, we made the decision that 'Tarzan' wasn't going to sing. My co-director, Chris Buck, and I said to each other that we couldn't imagine a half-naked man in the jungle simply bursting into song.
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The contributions of African Americans, Native Americans, and immigrants throughout our nation's history are undeniable, but the tendency to overlook their gallant efforts is pervasive and persistent.
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For me, it is very important to control a situation in defence. You can always score goals, but you have to add stability in the defence.
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If you give what can be taken, you are not really giving. Take what you are given, not what you want to be given. Give what cannot be taken.
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The winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her dream, not society's dream, her own personal dream.
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Some of our best journalists take themselves even more seriously than the politicians they write about.
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Americans have not only a right but a responsibility to consider the values of those who seek to lead them - whether they arise from life experience, political ideology or religious belief.
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DMs are a lot like email - and should have the same privacy protections as a mailed letter.
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It would be nice to be on the charts again, nice to be recognised.
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In passing, also, I would like to say that the first time Adam had a chance he laid the blame on a woman.
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It takes people a while to trust you.
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For gay people, we learned about our lives in secrecy and a lot of fear.
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I turned Compaq from a small company with troubles into a computer powerhouse. We can do the same at Intershop.
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The long term sustainable growth in job creation comes from the private sector. It is important that the Obama administration partner with the private sector and come up with the best possible ideas for creating jobs.
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If you do like what you do, you're cooperating and sharing.
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I could enjoy the life that I had by virtue of the educational attainment that my grandparents and parents had pursued. Education was always incredibly valued in our family.
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I did not come to NASA to make history.
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I don't expect anybody to know who I am.
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My buddies worked with me for weeks, and I went up to take my test, and started crying because I couldn't remember the words. I can remember songs. If you put it to a melody, I would have sung it to 'em in a minute.
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ESPN has so many characters, it's like 'The Simpsons.'
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In my normal life I'm a very unadventurous person.
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She became politically conscious thanks to Studs Terkel and the radio. She started reading all the books we brought home from college and was a great fan of Noam Chomsky. She was a real lefty and yet was not able to meet her dream of becoming an artist. She got drafted into motherhood big time - seven kids - and that wasn't the life that she had planned. So she opened the path so that I could be the artist that she wanted to be.
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Given the historical power differential between blacks and whites, blacks are required to be attentive to the way their white counterparts see themselves in relation to people of color if they want to survive and even thrive.
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The 'Downward Spiral' album was a record all about beating everybody up - and then 'Hurt' was like a coda saying maybe I shouldn't have done that. But to make the song sound impenetrable because I thought it was a little too vulnerable, I tried to layer it in noise.
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From the very, very beginning, we made the decision that 'Tarzan' wasn't going to sing. My co-director, Chris Buck, and I said to each other that we couldn't imagine a half-naked man in the jungle simply bursting into song.
