Curtis Jones Quotes
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I feel that there has been progress made since I was a boy on matters of race, but we have a long way to go.
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Years ago the public used to hound me but now I can go shopping in peace.
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I was just taking pictures to see what they looked like. Just for the fun of it. It wasn't about anything in some cases. Some of them were just about the joy of opening up an aperture and seeing what shows up.
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I seek constantly to improve my manners and graces, for they are the sugar to which all are attracted.
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You don't boo at a Kemp rally. You boo at football games.
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I am very lucky I got fans, and I interact with them personally. I know that they have poured their love on me unconditionally, and all I can do is work hard and be kind to them.
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I know that people everywhere listen to hip-hop, but especially being from the South, you really get that influence. You go out, you party, and it's just always there. Also, I grew up listening and loving reggae music, too.
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I wish I had had a great disappointment, a real one.
Nastassja Kinski -
There are epic downsides to living a somewhat public life. The upshot of that is there's nothing to hide. It's a relief in a way. There's nothing about me that can't be said.
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Through travel, you discover a new aspect to your personality. You discover things which you wouldn't seated in the confines of your home.
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Ordinary Muslims in Europe, who suffer from the demoralisation caused by living as perennial objects of suspicion and contempt, are far from thinking of themselves as a politically powerful, or even cohesive, community, not to speak of conquerors of Europe.
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The main dangers in this life are the people who want to change everything... or nothing.
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I thought I had the rights to The Lord of the Rings. I don't know how Jackson ended up with the rights.
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I definitely look up to Veronica Roth, Suzanne Collins, and J.K. Rowling.
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I went to Berlin to study psychology but decided that I was more interested in music and started an R and B band.
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No one connected intimately with a writer has any appreciation of his temperament, except to think him overdoing everything.
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Grant that the true organ with which the beautiful is apprehended is the imagination, and it follows that all arts are likely to affect the feelings indirectly.
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I never wanted a big wedding. I never wanted to wear a white dress or throw a bouquet.
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I find skydiving really hard. I broke my back while skydiving when I was in the military, and for 18 months all my nightmares were about falling.
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I very rarely use a credit card, but I do if I know I have big bills coming and I need to stagger payment.
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The thing that really struck me when I went to junior high was class. I grew up on a pretty poor street, but the school district I was in included some fine neighborhoods - so I got to know a couple of the kids from those places and went to their houses and experienced such culture shock.
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Much of God's will for your life is already found in the Bible.
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I try to give positive energy in all my shows.
