Janet Jackson Quotes
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My comrades would call me a 'black capitalist.'
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Manhood coerced into sensitivity is no manhood at all.
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I've had the good fortune to have a much more diverse life than most people would, professional sports and television and news and movies.
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All those things you hear about networks trying to stifle creativity - CW lets creators create and gives us freedom.
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I hope to make movies that are so small they don't need to make anything to be profitable.
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In China, we don't know about the swimming pool game, but we know about Marco Polo.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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Fuel conservation is as important as fuel production.
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Life has been kind to me. I am happy with the love and appreciation that I have been getting throughout my career. I feel blessed.
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If I could only give three words of advice, they would be, 'Tell the truth.' If I got three more words, I'd add, 'All the time.'
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Film is my hobby, so I will work well through the night to develop films, whatever film I'm doing or dream projects I have.
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I grew up in a little town in Minnesota, 500 people. I went out to Princeton, and I wasn't very well-accepted out there by the fancy folks of Princeton University, I felt. I came away bruised and feeling rejected.
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In the early part of the '60s I was influenced by the Ventures.
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You need to get down among the people who are the dirtiest and dustiest, and the depravity, and you need to see Christ's light shining there.
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I'd love to work with Kanye West. He's gone through a lot of stuff in the public eye, but his music is genius. He always takes risks.
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Sweden is the home of my ancestors, and I have reserved a special place in my heart for Sweden.
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I don't want to talk in terms of miracles. I think this is a very serious situation. But I do want to talk in terms of Bush becoming a man of the hour, and I think this is way to do it.
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When I was a kid, I would make kung fu movies with the kids in the neighborhood, and I would be the guy behind the camera directing everybody, but they were all very silly little shorts and comedy bits.
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I was very sure I did not want to be the stereotype of what Indian people are seen as, which is Bollywood and henna. That's all great! It's what we are, and I love it. I love saris; I love music. I love henna; I love dancing, but that's not all we are.
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I went to an art high school in Washington D.C., and I majored in visual art. When I started there, I was horrible - couldn't draw, couldn't sketch, couldn't do anything. I remember at one point I came to terms with the fact that I had to work my ass off to do well and that's exactly what I did. I drew and drew and drew, and it worked - I ended up getting the award for best artist and went on to apply to design school because I loved it so much. I think it really speaks to the idea that you can in fact excel at whatever you put your mind and your heart to.
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Actually, I've been a mechanic. My first job was in a gas station changing tires and pumping gas.
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As a director, what I'm trying to do is to create interesting stories.
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It's not about me. I think people are too caught up with what I'm doing. It's just numbers. I'm trying to win.
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You have to feel good about yourself.
