Aja Naomi King Quotes
Your artistry is a muscle that needs to be exercised, so if all you are doing is auditioning, you'll never get the satisfaction of fulfilling the need to play the part.
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Surely it is time to examine into the meaning of words and the nature of things, and to arrive at simple facts, not received upon the dictum of learned authorities, but upon attentive personal observation of what is passing around us.
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I'm probably borderline OCD. I insist on having all objects at right angles to each other. So a fork has to be at a right angle to the knife on the table. The salt and pepper pots have to be placed close together. Only recently have I started to notice it's a weird way to behave.
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I love dessert. All kinds. But there's something about ice cream that makes me happy. I am drawn to its simplicity. I am perplexed by the endless supply of constantly growing flavor options. And I am always in the mood for sprinkles and a sugar cone.
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I applaud anything that can take a kid away from a PlayStation or a Gameboy. That is a miracle in itself.
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Poetry leads us to the unstructured sources of our beings, to the unknown, and returns us to our rational, structured selves refreshed.
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Each one of us requires the spur of insecurity to force us to do our best.
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To keep your job, you fire others or bench them or trade them. You have to do the thinking for 25 guys, and you can't be too close to any of them.
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Every word we speak calls on 37 muscles and thousands of nerves. It's not surprising that sometimes these nerves and muscles fail us.
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The American principles of democracy expresses the deepest values of the Sharia both structurally and in the government... Sharia requires us Muslims anywhere to abide by the law of the land.
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The goal as a musician, I think, is to be able to make music as a living for the rest of your life.
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The term 'pashmina' is often used interchangeably with 'cashmere,' but in reality, pashmina is a specific type of very fine, lofty cashmere, woven from a specific type of goat - one indigenous to northern India, Nepal, and Pakistan, and harvested and woven there as well.
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Chris Guest has his own form. It's a way of working that is really intense, and you can commit a lot, and you focus a lot. You get to bring a lot. You get to bring things maybe you haven't seen before. You're asked to care a great deal for these people who you're playing and create heart and empathy.
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You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.
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When I was little, I had concerts on the subway, and old ladies came up to me like, 'You are so good!'
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My message isn't perfectly defined. I have, as a human being, fallen to peer pressure.
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Between the desireAnd the spasmBetween the potencyAnd the existenceBetween the essenceAnd the descentFalls the Shadow .
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She said'I'm young enoughI'm old enoughIn the city machineWhere industriesFill the fish full of mercury'
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Respect was mingled with surprise,And the stern joy which warriors feelIn foeman worthy of their steel.
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Losing is no disgrace if you've given your best.
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Growing up as a South Asian-American, I didn't have any female role models.
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You are bigger than your self-doubt. Remind yourself of that each and every day.
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I would love to get into feature films; I'm willing to do an action flick, I'm willing to do a romantic comedy.
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Your artistry is a muscle that needs to be exercised, so if all you are doing is auditioning, you'll never get the satisfaction of fulfilling the need to play the part.
