John Roger Stephens (John Legend) Quotes
Even with G.O.O.D. Music, we have artists that have done very well, and we've had artists that haven't. Being attached to Kanye is only going to get you so far. You've still got to have the records and the talent and the artistry on your own to carry it.
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If you're thin-skinned, you don't belong doing what I do for a living.
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Never speak to an invalid from behind, nor from the door, nor from any distance from him, nor when he is doing anything. The official politeness of servants in these things is so grateful to invalids, that many prefer, without knowing why, having none but servants about them.
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If I must choose between healthy and tasty, I go for the second: having only one life to waste, it might as well be a pleasurable one.
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Well who's black and what is a black person?
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Our bombs are smarter than the average high school student. At least they can find Kuwait.
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I've never met anybody who says they don't like the World Cup. If you're a soccer fan or not, everybody loves watching it, and I think it could be the same for other sports.
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To be a great actor, you really don't need to go to acting school or learn dance classes or work on your body. You have to be intelligent. You have to draw on a lot of emotions that you go through in life that you can tap into once you work on a set.
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The public will believe anything, so long as it is not founded on truth.
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You don't go out and play Beethoven's 'Opus 111' without having rethought about it every time you play.
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In sleep, you are safe from the revolting mechanics of living and being a prey to outrageous fortune.
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We've never been anti-Semitic.
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I don't talk about political matters. That's not my department.
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Banks are an almost irresistible attraction for that element of our society which seeks unearned money.
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It's so crazy now with the Internet and being able to play shows to people who are actually interested in you. I still feel so lucky when that happens. Things just happen so fast.
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I would certainly encourage young people to pursue their dreams. It isn't always an easy path, but it's worth going after. And I figure if a farmer's daughter from Iowa can become an astronaut, you can be just about anything you want to be.
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It bothers me when musicians listen to music from the '60s and try and recreate it. Those people weren't trying to recreate music from the '20s. Why do it?
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Sometimes a time dictates what a film will be. Sometimes a film dictates what the time will be.
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Starting my career as a kid, I was doing what jobs I got.
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Even with G.O.O.D. Music, we have artists that have done very well, and we've had artists that haven't. Being attached to Kanye is only going to get you so far. You've still got to have the records and the talent and the artistry on your own to carry it.
