Aja Naomi King Quotes
Create something for yourself that you feel proud of, that you are in control of, that gives you a better understanding of the type of artist you want to be.
Quotes to Explore
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I don't think people are ever going to a place where they're like, 'I'm over stories about character and love.'
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In bookstores, my stuff is usually filed in the out-of-the-way, additional interest sections.
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Sometimes my quotes may be too colorful.
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War has been good to me from a financial standpoint but I don't want to make money that way. I don't want blood money.
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Would I describe myself as new Labour? I'm Labour, organised Labour. I think labels have a limited use and that's where you really get into boy stuff sometimes, just sticking on labels.
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There's something nice and intimate about having a book. You know that someone's actually gone on this journey. You know that someone has actually researched and reported all these things. You can see and hear their tone in what they chosen to include and what they haven't.
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The Bible calls us to love our neighbors, and to do justice and love kindness, not to indiscriminately kill one another.
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Even though I have lived in the States since I was 18, in my head I am still very British, and I do have this romance for towns in Middle America that nobody gets to see.
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My fault, my failure, is not in the passions I have, but in my lack of control of them.
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I prefer to leave the paintings to speak for themselves.
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I had always wanted to write a song called, The Vicious Circle. I always thought it was like, the kids are born there, they grow up there, they die there.
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You've got to separate the singer and the songs.
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E-mail, when it became mobile - what happened? Utilization of email went through the roof. Just pure Internet access and data - what happens when you mobilize it? Multiples. People are dependent upon broadband and as you mobilize it, they become even more dependent on broadband.
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While having a profound impact on the development of values is surely an important job of a good parent, force-feeding opinions to them is not.
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This is all you have. This is not a dry run. This is your life. If you want to fritter it away with your fears, then you will fritter it away, but you won't get it back later.
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I just feel like I'm such a normal person in an industry that is so chaotic and crazy. I am what I am, and I can't change it. And I don't want to change it.
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I started making music videos in my twenties and made my first feature, 'Guncrazy,' at 29. I then spent the greater part of my thirties directing features.
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What is the natural reaction when told you have a hopeless mental illness? That diagnosis does you in; that, and the humiliation of being there. I mean, the indignity you're subjected to. My God.
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I even don't dare to watch our stock price, because this is what other people think who you are. I dare not watch it. I think, let the market take care of themselves; we should take care of the business.
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My parents believed in exposing each of their children to an abundance of varied activities in the hope they would find something they loved. They each had found a passion - Dad with his music and Mom with her horses - so it was natural for them to encourage experimentation.
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I laugh a lot, especially between shots, and it's tough for me to control. There have been so many instances where my director had to request me to stop laughing and come into the mood of the scene.
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It's great fun to play with a really good band.
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Create something for yourself that you feel proud of, that you are in control of, that gives you a better understanding of the type of artist you want to be.
