Cuba Gooding, Jr. Quotes
Now, I have big-money offers on three movies, and I have director approval. That's kind of scary,' he says. 'No directors have been attached. That's a lot of pressure on me.
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I say I have Spanish in me, but I'm not just Spanish. I'm proud of my ethnicities, and I will always be proud of being a Filipino.
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I'm still number one and I just recently won a major tournament ahead of my toughest rivals so I think I had a few years ahead of me if I decided to stay.
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Any man whose errors take ten years to correct is quite a man.
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Black beans and soy beans are the cornerstones of longevity diets around the world.
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Jean Piaget observed that scarcely any question seems absurd to a child, but he was silent on the question of absurd answers from adults.
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Some people call it the 'Al Jazeera spirit' - courage, re-thinking authority, giving a voice to the voiceless. We have never been favored by the authority. The human being is the center of our editorial policy. We are not a TV station that rushes after stars, big names, press conferences, hand-shake journalism.
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The thing about the Internet is that you can write something... for a very narrow audience and make a living at it.
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The Strokes are one of my favorite bands... And there's this band called Future Islands that I love.
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Like lots of women who marry young and find themselves mothers by the time they're 25, I felt I no longer had an identity.
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I don't want to dig in the truth all of the time. Let me dream.
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There's a lot of females that hustle, just like men hustle.
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I was teased horribly as a child and beaten up a lot.
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The most valuable thing you can make is a mistake - you can't learn anything from being perfect.
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Man has an innate capacity for violence, but can only justify it in the name of justice.
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On September 11 last year international terrorism entered a new dimension.
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I love accents. It's a great way to separate yourself when playing a role.
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I've got that Beethoven energy, that Stravinsky energy. And it's all a gift from the Creator.
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Acting has always existed alongside my normal life. It's been a case of learning on the job. I've worked in so many styles, with so many people, so I've picked bits up from everyone and everything.
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I don't think the disruptor and the business model of a disruptor necessarily is an indication of the topography of the future. If it did, you would say then that everyone will make high-end electric cars, when the answer is clearly no.
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I was alone for five years. Having a love is a gigantic bonus in life, but I wasn't unhappy when I was single, either.
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When you reach a certain age in life, time becomes more important than money, and I think that happens in your 50s.
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I love reading all kinds of books. I usually have about ten books going at any one time - books about the past, the present, novels, non-fiction, poetry, mythology, religion, etc. Reading is my favorite thing to do.
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I'm the worst employer I could wish for because I push myself hard.
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Now, I have big-money offers on three movies, and I have director approval. That's kind of scary,' he says. 'No directors have been attached. That's a lot of pressure on me.
