Tionne Watkins Quotes
You're always in a blessed position if you have a great success story, especially to be in a position to be able to tell it so people can even understand.
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I believe that you can always learn from observation.
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Through the history of rock n' roll, you see lots of bands making the mistake of putting on the tights when they get to arenas. Don't do that.
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We say God and the imagination are one... How high that highest candle lights the dark.
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I am an American citizen born in Kuwait of Egyptian parents. I grew up in Great Britain, Malaysia, and Egypt and have lived in the United States since 1965, when I was seventeen.
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If you see a whole thing - it seems that it's always beautiful. Planets, lives... But up close a world's all dirt and rocks. And day to day, life's a hard job, you get tired, you lose the pattern.
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As independent filmmakers, we are actually deeply dependent on each other. The Spirit Awards are a public expression of those bonds, the intricate set of relationships and histories that we filmmakers depend on to make our most personal work.
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It is a great delusion in those whose understanding has been darkened by self-love, to think that there is any obedience in the subject who tries to draw the superior to what he wishes.
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Faith is much better than belief. Belief is when someone else does the thinking.
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I'm not a babysitter.
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The only real indulgence was buying a house. That was a pretty big step.
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I'm lucky in some ways in that I really don't need more than five or so hours of sleep.
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We grew up as kids watching those movies and we were exposed to themes of civil rights, unfairness, bigotry and fathers struggling against the kind of mob of the town, so you remember how you felt as a kid being taken seriously, that you are part of the human drama.
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What works for a man, still does not work for a woman - both in terms of how they see themselves and how we see them.
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I have no writing habit. I work when I feel like it, and I work when I have to - mostly the latter.
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The difficult part was to tell the world that I was finishing.
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Disease is the tax which the soul pays for the body, as the tenant pays house-rent for the use of the house.
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I'm slightly unsure as to what my goal is. I just keep doing jobs.
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As I understand, the role of the federal judiciary, the role of our court system, is to provide justice.
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The Oscar buzz when I was nominated was totally overwhelming. I think I can cope with anything now that I've coped with that. It was huge. It makes you realize, coming from a small country like Australia, what an enormous industry it is in America.
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I'm a bit too much of a people pleaser and that can be frustrating for people in your life.
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For me, the writing process is the same as the reading process. I want to know what happens next.
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Real art is one of the most powerful forces in the rise of mankind, and he who renders it accessible to as many people as possible is a benefactor of humanity.
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Money, for me, is just to create bigger and better things. A lot of guys in the deejaying world flaunt it, but I don't see any use in that. I don't need anything. I live in hotels. Most of my clothes I get for free. I like to invest in ideas. In people.
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You're always in a blessed position if you have a great success story, especially to be in a position to be able to tell it so people can even understand.
