Aja Naomi King Quotes
Television has embraced so much in terms of storytelling and in terms of a wide array of characters conveying stories from different points of view.
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When people embrace character, there's latzie. It's the stuffing of a scene that's not written. It's not in the stage direction and it's not in the words. When people embrace character, it informs their living, breathing moments in a scene so well.
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Sometimes 'Rookie' is written about like, 'Finally! Something for alternative girls!' and I'm like, 'No!' Obviously it's not for everyone, but I used to think that there are cheerleaders, and there are art kids.
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Most actors can't make any kind of living.
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What makes me happy is the appreciation of people around me.
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Being a model, you're always the product of somebody else's vision.
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I can go back to Egypt anytime I want. Can I leave Egypt anytime I want? I think I can. I think I can.
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War is the greatest failure of mankind.
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With 'Mad Men,' people who grew up or were living in that time, they love to talk about what it was really like.
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I think any time you bring those guys in, one with a lot of playoff experience, with rings - those guys won - guys in the locker room gravitate towards those guys. Those guys have been there, so there's a lot that they can teach the guys.
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Women are sacred.
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It's always good to be known. You want to build your brand up, want to build your name.
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Typically, if you buy a studio with a library, their library is pretty well licensed out many years in advance, so you are not really gaining access to the programming in that way.
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Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.
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Sometimes I thank God... for cheeseburgers.
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My commitment to the Republican movement was pure and simply patriotism, a love of Australia... a desire or passion that all of our national symbols should be unequivocally and unambiguously Australian.
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I had to read Plato and Kant, and at times I was overwhelmed. But I have always been fearless, and so was Hannah Arendt. She wasn't afraid to speak out when she knew her opinions would not be popular because she believed in the public discourse above all.
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It was psychobabbler Abraham Maslow who wrote of the phenomena of self-actualization. What Maslow failed to grasp is that reaching true self-actualization can only be ultimately achieved when you have your own brand of ammunition.
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You can't impose a legacy.
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The reciprocal civility of authors is one of the most risible scenes in the farce of life.
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If you look at my movie career, I do switch it up a lot. I'm always looking for a lot of different parts. It's been a while since I've been in a situation that was romantic.
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In the beginning, I got different kind of roles, and then I realised it's great to be that way. And that thought is always there before signing a film.
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All my early school reports from the age of 5 were 'Daniel must learn not to distract others.'
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Don't get set into one form, adapt it and build your own, and let it grow, be like water. Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. Now you put water in a cup, it becomes the cup; You put water into a bottle it becomes the bottle; You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.
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Television has embraced so much in terms of storytelling and in terms of a wide array of characters conveying stories from different points of view.
