Cuba Gooding, Jr. Quotes
The truth is, you don't ever decide on a role, not when you first begin. You audition for the role, and you're lucky to get it.
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I doubt I'll ever have another traditional print deal.
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I'm very much a hypochondriac, worried about dying, and not having enough time to work with the people I want to work with and being fulfilled as an actor.
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My readers at that time were still men of letters; but there had to be other people waiting to read my poems.
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I don't want to be 'Halsey: America's Sweetheart,' or 'Halsey: Bad Girl.' If you can sum up my career in a clickbait headline, I've done something wrong.
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I'm actually beginning to believe that there is something in common among all of my characters. I'm not sure what it is exactly. But I guess that something is me.
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For all of the continued awareness of systemic violence and oppression, there isn't a lot of talk about that psychological toll of racism, at least in white circles and white media.
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I'm definitely not a super great guitarist. Ultimately, I just write a lot of love songs.
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I told myself, 'I am teaching entrepreneurship, so I should be an entrepreneur myself.'
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When you write for a comic series, many superheroes have 60 or some years of history that you are coming into.
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'A living dog is better than a dead lion.' Judge Douglas, if not a dead lion for this work, is at least a caged and toothless one. How can he oppose the advances of slavery? He don't care anything about it.
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Creative people are more prone to depression.
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I've always wanted to do a lot of things.
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There is no such source of error as the pursuit of truth.
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It is not enough just to wish well; we must also do well.
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Animation can explain whatever the mind of man can conceive. This facility makes it the most versatile and explicit means of communication yet devised for quick mass appreciation.
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In Mexico we have a trick - add a crystal of salt to the kettle and the tea tastes better, almost English. But after four pots, your kettle's broken.
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What I care about is readers because without readers I can't make a living... And I think it's a bad thing for the world if people don't read anymore. I want people to read a lot.
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Things forbidden have a secret charm.
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Thirdly, even if we assume that the world is governed by purpose, we need only add that this purpose - or, if there are several, at least one of them - is not especially intent on preventing suffering, whether it is indifferent to suffering or actually rejoices in it.
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What does it mean to have a mayor who has an organizing background? It means I have allies and partners on whom I can call for advice - and that are also holding my feet to the fire already.
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If you've been there, no explanation is necessary. If you haven't, none is adequate.
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The honest truth is no, I don't feel like I arrived. I don't feel like I'm worthy. My publicist says I'm not supposed to say that, but I don't feel I'm there yet.
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I'm not a great collaborator, to tell the truth.
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The truth is, you don't ever decide on a role, not when you first begin. You audition for the role, and you're lucky to get it.
