Kevin Young Quotes
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I was completely naive about the business of being an actor. My family didn't go to the theater or to the movies. We watched television like every 1960s small-town American family, and I certainly never thought about being on TV. I thought I was going to be a classical actor in the grand tradition.
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I don't believe in God, though I'm not prepared to call myself an atheist either. You know the old phrase: 'There are no atheists in foxholes.' I've never been in a foxhole, and if I ever find myself in a foxhole, I'll let you know if I believe in God or not.
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I try to do the right thing at the right time. They may just be little things, but usually they make the difference between winning and losing.
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I've got asthma. When I was 17 I forgot to take my medication and was taken to a hospital for almost two weeks. After that I've taken better care of my illness.
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Buddhism has had a major effect on who I am and how I think about the world. What I have learned is that I like all religions, but only parts of them.
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I once went to one of those parties where everyone throws their car keys into the middle of the room. I don't know who got my moped, but I drove that Peugeot for years.
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It's not about 'succeeding,' but sometimes on a film, you know you've captured something.
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I sometimes look around that studio in the middle of commercials and think, 'Really?'
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It might be, it could be... it is! A home run!
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To take part in this brothel through the payment of my taxes, that had become to me unbearable.
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When you're making a pilot, what you're mostly thinking is, 'Please let this be a real job, please.'
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It's hard because people often don't recognise shyness; they think it's just someone being rude. I have had to work to overcome that, especially if I'm meeting my readers at author events, because I don't want them to think I'm snooty or rude.
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People want to imagine I spend every night going to premieres and putting on frocks and getting into limos, and yet I do that maybe twice a year, if that.
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I don't want to go slumming in somebody else's pain just to write a book. I want to go into those darker places to shine a light on that experience and come out with a story that validates the human spirit.
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I write novels, mostly historical ones, and I try hard to keep them accurate as to historical facts, milieu and flavor.
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We're so busy broadcasting our latest cultural disdain that we scantly notice anything we enjoy. 'Oh man, this Rebecca Black kid is terrible! Let's laugh at her!' has become more culturally relevant than, 'I really love this new Bilal record.'
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I think the perfection of love is that it's not perfect.
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When you are a designer, what's important is to be aware of things. Everything should lead to an idea, a line to follow, a movement.
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Despite the previous efforts of Congresses, our addiction to foreign oil, as the President stated, is greater today than ever before. That dependency is a threat to our national security, and we must address that threat.
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Originally I studied as a musician, a classical pianist. That was my career before I took up acting in my late 20s.
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Every morning when I wake up, I listen to 'The Brian Lehrer Show' on WNYC.
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Strange about parents. We have such easy access to them and such daunting problems of communication.
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I didn't technically grow up in the South, but both my parents were from there.
