Tionne Watkins Quotes
Just because I'm not dancing on a video every five seconds doesn't mean I'm not working.

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More than anything for me, making music is about taking nothing and making something.
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The mistake that straight people made was imposing the monogamous expectation on men. Men were never expected to be monogamous.
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I don't talk about how old I am because sometimes it can affect parts that you get in Hollywood. I don't believe that it's a necessary element. I feel that I'm a character, and I'm an actor. People focusing on my age instead of the role I'm playing can be a hindrance.
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Even the worst Bond movies, there's something to love about them.
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My favourite colours have always been '60s Miami-inspired gold and peach - feminine but not too girlie.
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I was never like, 'Oh, I really want to play Cinderella.' That's not necessarily always been the dream. But it's super fun to play a princess.
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In 1993, 89 of the 'Fortune' top 100 companies were administering the Myers-Briggs test to their employees. The philosophy behind personality tests is that they don't want you to be in the wrong kind of job. The tests have been completely exposed as nonsense.
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Nothing is more precious than peace, by which all war, both in Heaven and Earth, is brought to an end.
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I'm used to promoting books, but a movie is a very different thing. You have to go to film festivals and wear fancy clothes and try and look glamorous and intelligent when you're just terrified and you want to go home!
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It was a bad idea, because I think that any government reorganization has to come in relatively small bites, or else you get indigestion.
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MAC Cosmetics is incredible for lips; I always wear it.
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The role of my agent has just been to get me in the room. If I can get in the room - say the character is just a charming man who lives next door - then I'll walk in there and be as charming as I can and they will think to themselves, 'I don't see why we can't cast him.'
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A novel can do something that films and TV usually can't - a glimpse inside the characters' heads. I write very tight third person point of view, so the reader is right behind the eyes of each character, seeing what they see and feeling what they feel.
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The greatest shoemaker in England for many, many decades; he used to be the royal shoe-maker for the Queen Mother. This is where I learnt my trade.
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'Don’t you think it’s ironic that you have no idea what you’re supposed to do,' said Verily, 'and yet so many people have gone to so much trouble to prevent you from doing it?'
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My fees are not too high. Your wage scale may simply be too low.
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In a nation of sheep, one brave man forms a majority.
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Fashion is architecture. It is a matter of proportions.
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You must plan to be spontaneous.
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Hamdi Ulukaya and Chobani have made the decision to feed 250,000 victims of the Somali famine. Their compassion speaks for itself, and is a shining example of how the business community can have an enormous positive impact on the world.
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I've never been strong with my time-management skills.
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You could say that Iron Man was a second-tier character, and it turned out very successfully. I simply think it's down to the movie itself, and whether people enjoy the movie, are involved in the movie, and that it entertains them. From that point of view, the movie has to stand alone.
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I started collecting baseball cards and basketball cards when I was younger. I have a CD collection that turned into a DVD collection, and I have a Jordan shoe collection. And I don't drink, but I have a wine collection. I just started a sweatshirt collection. Every city that I'm in, I buy a sweatshirt. It's just something that I do.
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Just because I'm not dancing on a video every five seconds doesn't mean I'm not working.