Cuba Gooding, Jr. Quotes
The roles that I always get attracted to are roles where the material is based on an actual person.
Quotes to Explore
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'Badlands' is a very tangible record; a lot of the sounds were actual things: they were pots and pans, and they were rocks, and they were voices,and instruments used in a way to create a landscape of sound.
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I've made all my money on my own without my family and I work very hard.
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I passionately hate the idea of being with it; I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time.
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I wanted a name I could shape the music towards. I was going to Miami quite a lot at the time, speaking a lot of Spanish with my friends from Cuba - 'Lana Del Rey' reminded us of the glamour of the seaside. It sounded gorgeous coming off the tip of the tongue.
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I don't really understand why so many fantasy writers choose to focus on worlds that just seem strangely denuded. But to them, I guess it doesn't seem strange. And I guess that's their privilege. It isn't mine.
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Well, I asked him who would start the war first.
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For the sake of the troops, for the love of the troops, we must not add yet another casualty to this war. We must not let truth be a casualty of this war.
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I was kind of an invisible girl when I was young.
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But it doesn't matter what you're doing, it matters how you're doing it.
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Nothing is written in stone. So don't prepare yourself for a long and lucrative career. You might die tomorrow. Your gold holdings might become dust. Just make the music you want to make now and enjoy it.
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I like to think I'm a pretty good friend. I love having a good time, and I enjoy being able to share those good times with others.
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My parents are both pastors. In the '80s and '90s in the mainstream Christian world, it was not really common for a woman - especially a married woman and a mother - to be a pastor.
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Intret amicitiae nomine tectus amor.
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'What’s that all about?' Golden said to his wife, a rhetorical question. She looked at him and said nothing, a non-rhetorical answer.
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My mission is to create a world where we can live in harmony with nature. And can I do that alone? No. So there is a whole army of youth that can do it. So I suppose my mission is to reach as many of those young people as I can through my own efforts.
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I have a group of fans who pitched in and named a star after me... So. Cool.
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I'm always onstage, and everyone there already loves me, so I go with this certain confidence.
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Key is never be afraid of being yourself. Never!
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To be a good artist, you have to serve the work of art and allow it to be what it is supposed to be.
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Abstract liberty, like other mere abstractions, is not to be found.
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Knowledge is pleasure as well as power.
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I missed the boat when I was doing Late Night.
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'You’re actually a soldier,' he said to me, 'and you go along with this foolishness?''I didn’t ask to be a soldier. And I can’t imagine a peace as foolish as this war we’re in.'
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The roles that I always get attracted to are roles where the material is based on an actual person.
