Aja Naomi King Quotes
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I am very happy my Olympic dream has come true.
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My diet is mostly chicken and fish. I make sure I get a lot of vegetables, a lot of fruit. I am a big fruit man, I am a vegetable man anyway. And I also get a lot of rest. That's the key I may be up early, but I'm in bed early too.
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My grandfather arrived in Houston in 1942 as a refugee from Nazi Germany. He had lost everything - his profession, his language, his money - but the city welcomed him, as it has hundreds of thousands of immigrants over the years.
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The trade magazine and all was banned in my house. The first time I read a film magazine was when I was 18.
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I won't ever direct a film. And I certainly won't write an autobiography. Only self-obsessed people want to write or talk about themselves!
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I had my first concert in front of 80,000 people at the International Soca Monarch Finals.
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I tried to connect my singing voice to my guitar an' my guitar to my singing voice. Like the two was talking to one another.
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Content is king. When you are asking people to read you several times a day, you better have some fine content.
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I think the biggest change has been realizing I now have three children.
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I have lots of memories of my father. He was an incredible father. We all loved him to death.
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I like people who are enthused about things they do, like travel, sports, work. I like being with people who have things they're excited about.
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Go to Cleveland Clinic, Mayo Clinic, or any college and you'll see libraries, dormitories, and a lot of buildings that were a result of the generosity of fat cats.
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I auditioned 5-6 times for 'Dangal.' I was just waiting for the final call, as there were about 15-16 girls who auditioned for the role.
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We are, at almost every point of our day, immersed in cultural diversity: faces, clothes, smells, attitudes, values, traditions, behaviours, beliefs, rituals.
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I could be equally happy on a film set or in the middle of a field.
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To marry the Irish is to look for poverty.
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Hollywood, that whole industry, is a lot like a really small town. You bump into the same people all the time. I think Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon can be played with anyone and everyone in Hollywood.
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It's funny when someone says to you 'you're hot' and all that, because I don't think of it in that way.
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I've never seen a movie director who was happier to be directing a movie than Dave [Mamet]. His sets, everyone who's ever been involved with one of them will tell you of the funnest, funniest sets you can be on.
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What differentiates the success stories from the failures is that the successful entrepreneurs had the foresight, the ability, and the tools to discover which parts of their plans were working brilliantly and which were misguided, and adapt their strategies accordingly.
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They who admire and reverence noble and heroic men are akin to them.
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I majored in theater, so I'd love to get back on a stage.
