Kevin Young Quotes
Writers need their totems, their altars. Mine, I feel, share the same randomness and utility of those belonging to painters I know, who are relentlessly visual and even poetic.

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I loved the world of imagination.
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Soviet expansionism in Europe, the battle for control of China, and the 1950 invasion of South Korea would shatter once-euphoric dreams of post-war cooperation with the Kremlin.
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For the most part, I don't care about what everyone else is doing, or what is popular.
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A test of a people is how it behaves toward the old. It is easy to love children. Even tyrants and dictators make a point of being fond of children. But the affection and care for the old, the incurable, the helpless are the true gold mines of a culture.
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My character Saurabh Singhania is a rich, bad guy who is driven by revenge, so much that you feel like scratching his face or throwing stones at him. The intimate scenes in the trailer are creating quite a buzz... I wish they had shown more of the story instead of the sizzling scenes. The film is not about boldness or intimacy.
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The hits I had in the '80s - I made those deals directly with American companies.
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I don't turn my nose up at anything. If it's a great part, it's a great part. I'd love to do a box-office hit.
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Is not the whole world a vast house of assignation of which the filing system has been lost?
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If they can go out and buy my albums, I can at least make the sacrifice to holler at the few people who call. A lot of times I'm busy so they'll get my voice mail. And if I can speak to them and I have time, I always text back. Because I think that's very important.
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I like 'Rocky Horror.'
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I've had a fast track to who I want to be. I know all of my friends are struggling to what to pick in college, and I've been given a fast pass to kick start my future.
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I'm a good legislator. I'm a bad some other things.
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I know a lot of single people who are not miserable as society tells them they're supposed to be.
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Many great founders have one or more big failures on their track record. What makes them great is that they eventually succeed despite that.
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I don't think any actor feels comfortable watching themselves in movies. You must be very narcissistic. The problem with your own opinion of yourself is that contrary to the normal spectators, when you watch a film you are in, you only watch yourself.
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There are some guys you definitely would not want dating your sister - especially hockey players.
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I wrote my first play at the age of 10, 55 years ago, and I've always found it a fantastic relief to imagine I know what things would be like from the point of view of other individuals and to send out signals from where I actually am not. Playwrights never need to write from the place where they are.
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You can't meditate on walking or certain human habits. You concentrate too much on the way you walk, and you'll start walking pretty weird.
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'Humans' seems to have gone down really well in the U.S. That doesn't happen for British TV drama - unless we're talking 'Downton Abbey.'
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And here a most heinous charge is made, that the nation has been burdened with unnecessary expenses for the sole purpose of preventing the discharge of our debts and the abolition of taxes.
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My father described this tall lady who stands in the middle of the New York harbor, holding high a torch to welcome people seeking freedom in America. I instantly fell in love.
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I will obey every law, or submit to the penalty.
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I realized eventually that when I ran out of places to stay and found myself on the D train and in Central Park, I was actually homeless.
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Writers need their totems, their altars. Mine, I feel, share the same randomness and utility of those belonging to painters I know, who are relentlessly visual and even poetic.