Ne-Yo (Shaffer Chimere Smith) Quotes
I dreamed of one day starring in a film. I've done that twice. Denzel Washington has done it countless times, so I still got some work to do.
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A man with a silver spoon may get his share of supporters, but he can never be an inspiration for somebody! Patience and hard work are the key to every man's success.
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The way I work is by infinitely playing a very simple loop over and over, and then I start layering things.
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This is the conundrum of the present regimes in the Arab world. They still want to control youth; they want to be in control as they did in the 1950s and '60s. But that doesn't work anymore. Now with just a Wi-Fi link, you can understand what's happening in the world.
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Writing requires the concentration of the writer, demands that nothing else be done except that.
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What's better, a poetic intuition or an intellectual work? I think they complement each other.
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This woman's work is exceptional. Too bad she's not a man.
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I've done fine in this business, but I've never made quite enough money to have a family or have many options.
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I spend a lot of time talking to women interested in office about how they can make it work.
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We must fight terrorism as if there's no peace process and work to achieve peace as if there's no terror.
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Washington is horribly broken. We are encountering a day of reckoning and this movement, this Tea Party movement, is a message to Washington that we're unhappy and that we want things done differently.
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Even though 'Vicky Donor' was a huge success, I have had one or two films which have not done well, but that's all right.
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At a shoot, I'm really aware of everything. When they do makeup, sometimes I can't see what they're doing, but I can feel it. I know what I look like, even when I can't see what they've done. I know how to compose myself.
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My scientific work is much more practically minded - to change something, to effect something. And the music I do is much more soft power, about changing minds.
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I'm a career prosecutor. I have been trained, and my experience over decades, is to make decisions after a review of the evidence and the facts. And not to jump up with grand gestures before I've done that. Some might interpret that as being cautious. I would tell you that's just responsible.
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I dance. A lot. I work grief and sadness out of my body when I dance, and I bring in joy and rhythm.
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Work at the same time on sky, water, branches, ground, keeping everything going on an equal basis... Don't be afraid of putting on colour... Paint generously and unhesitatingly, for it is best not to lose the first impression.
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Segregation is that which is forced upon an inferior by a superior. Separation is done voluntarily by two equals.
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For 100 m., you have to go out fast but also bring it back, so we've been doing a lot of work on the back-end speed.
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My father used to see God in human beings and in his work. Each person has his own way.
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Everything around a writer, or musician in the record business, probably everything in all the United States or in all of western civilization, is about competition.
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There was a point when it all really took off and got quite overwhelming, even though I didn't realize it.
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I appreciate recipes that tell you what can be changed and what must remain fixed. 'The Zuni Cafe Cookbook' by the late Judy Rodgers is superb at this.
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I dreamed of one day starring in a film. I've done that twice. Denzel Washington has done it countless times, so I still got some work to do.
