James A. Baldwin Quotes
The price one pays for pursuing any profession, or calling, is an intimate knowledge of its ugly side.
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I was a little hesitant at first because there's so many ways you can get 'Straight Outta Compton' wrong. You know, it's such a great story; it's such a classic tale. I was a little nervous 'cause it's like a very narrow road to success with that type of story - you got to get it right - but when I read it, I was pleasantly surprised.
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My baby is amazing; even his head smells amazing. His breath, the whole thing, you could eat him! He's a big, beautiful boy. He's great.
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I found out that there was this project called the 'Great Green Wall' where they wanted to plant trees across the Sahara desert, and the idea was born that I wanted to create a support structure for that initiative.
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Perhaps if we all subscribed to the African concept of Ubuntu - that we all become people through other people, and that we cannot be fully human alone, we could learn a lot. There'd be less hatred and more harmony.
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Anything that is wasted effort represents wasted time. The best management of our time thus becomes linked inseparably with the best utilization of our efforts.
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I played with Michy for Belgium. He is still young; he can finish and is very good. He just needs to adapt to English football, and he will. He is intelligent and a good player.
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It's not necessary that every film has to hit Rs 100 crore box office, or the Rs 50 crore budget. If the film makes double of its project budget, we consider that a hit, and that also means that the film is in profit.
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Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.
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Anybody that believes that a country can be maintained that has no ethnic core to it or no linguistic core to it, I believe, is naive in the extreme.
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I don't think there's any difference in my passion than when I was a young coach. I hope somebody in some way realizes I could be an asset, but we'll just wait and see.
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It's an honor to live in and serve the great City of Los Angeles. I'm also immensely grateful for the support I've received from Ireland.
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I don't have a competitive bone in my body, so the last thing I want to do is be competing with people.
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Getting money is not all a man's business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.
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I have a deep fascination with human nature, with all its virtues and all its defects.
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Most interviewers are looking for a headline. They're not skilled. They're looking for shock value.
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I was with the CIA for only three years. I worked in the Directorate of Operations, which is now called the National Clandestine Service. It's the part of the organization where the spies live. I didn't have much experience beyond the training.
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Take heed, then, often to come together to give thanks to God, and show forth His praise. For when you assemble frequently in the same place, the powers of Satan are destroyed, and the destruction at which he aims is prevented by the unity of your faith.
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When you dance and move around it creates a different reaction from the audience - they love it.
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When I started out in this business, dance was not at the height it is now. It was almost like, you're either a dancer or an actress.
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It's been a while since I've been to church, but you don't get unborn again.
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...with each new book of mine I have always the feeling that this time I have picked a lemon in the garden of literature.
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Mastering the paradox of star brands is very difficult and rare - fortunately.
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The price one pays for pursuing any profession, or calling, is an intimate knowledge of its ugly side.
