Kevin Young Quotes
There's always been really interesting, diverse black voices talking and arguing and counterpointing.
Quotes to Explore
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We think that we suffer from ingratitude, while in reality we suffer from self-love.
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I have come to the conclusion - and I don't know why it took me so long, but nevertheless, I'm here now - that a lot of people tell me they don't get enough guitar on my albums. So I decided to do an album where the guitar would be the singer, playing the melody.
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If I'm gonna write songs about my exes, they can write songs about me. That's how it works.
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It's hard to say, 'I don't believe in God.' I would love to know if God exists. But it's a very difficult thing for me to believe.
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People do bad things in their lives. And those sort of things are forgivable. That's half the point of having confession in church - you need to be able to fess up to what you've done.
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Life is short, and we should respect every moment of it.
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It's nice to know when you're a part of a story, it's nice to know at least something about the beginning, middle, and end.
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There is only one way... to get anybody to do anything. And that is by making the other person want to do it.
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I generally have a brand of brief on every day.
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I think that life in Israel is sometimes bigger than the movies.
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I loved to read and to write, but then something happened. As I made my way through school, I kept getting handed books to read that didn't excite me and didn't even remotely connect to the realities of my life.
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I knew at a young age that I wanted to do comedy, and maybe part of that was trying to fit in at school because I had a weird name, and my parents had these accents, and I was definitely a late bloomer.
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Certainly, Africa accounts for only l % of world trade, and we cannot assure our development on our own.
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This story's gonna grab people. It's about this guy, he's crazy about this girl, but he likes to wear dresses. Should he tell her? Should he not tell her? He's torn, Georgie. This is drama.
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Every woman must own her story; otherwise we are all part of the silence.
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One of the saddest things I've seen in Amazonian cultures is people who were self-sufficient and happy that now think of themselves as poor and become dissatisfied with their lives. What worries me is outsiders trying to impose their values and materialism on the Piraha.
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You have to find ways to relate to the characters you get to play. Put it in terms and in a context that speaks to you.
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I usually try to eat in my restaurants before I fly, as I'd rather sleep on the plane and just order a salad with cheese, maybe some ice cream.
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I met Bill Clinton; he's a very nice guy. Yeah, Bill Clinton's cool.
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If we wait for the world’s permission to shine, we will never receive it. The ego doesn’t give that permission. Only God does, and He has already done so. He has sent you here as His personal representative and is asking you to channel His love into the world. Are you waiting for a more important job? There isn’t one.
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There must be an opportunity that matches with our strategy. Just because we have a gap, we don't want to go and acquire anything and everything. What we acquire should fit in with our strategy, human resources and market expectations.
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People are getting patents on things that are too general.
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To be clear, this is entirely my decision.
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There's always been really interesting, diverse black voices talking and arguing and counterpointing.
