Kim Collins Quotes
I would like to thank the Commonwealth Games Federation for the very fair manner in which this matter has been dealt with.
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I believe in the promise of America. Being a Cuban refugee, having come here when I was eight, I know that this is a shining city on the hill.
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The train's always full of football fans going up to see matches. Oh, they make sure I hear their points of view all right. They all want to have their say about their team, and make their opinions known.
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I believe honor thy mother and father is not just a good commandment to live by, it is good public policy to govern by. That is why I feel so strongly about Medicare.
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I'm tired of defending my character. I am what I am.
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I always had the theory that the most important thing is be happy, enjoy what are you doing, and be fresh mentally.
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I'm interested in flawed protagonists. I was raised on them.
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Sometimes you just have to jump off the cliff without knowing where you will land.
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You have young men of color in many communities who are more likely to end up in jail or in the criminal justice system than they are in a good job or in college. And, you know, part of my job, that I can do, I think, without any potential conflicts, is to get at those root causes.
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I want to work on things that aren't self-evident, to propose things that are radically different and game-changing.
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I grew up in New York till I was 5, and I remember going to see 'Annie' and some musicals as a kid, and I remember my parents being somewhat okay with us watching 'Rocky Horror Picture Show,' which, it boggles my mind that they allowed me to watch it.
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If ever I was feeling down I would go and write something. It's a form of escape.
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I like reading a lot. Jeffrey Archer and Robert Ludlum are my favourite authors. I love making realistic cinema, so I read non-fiction more.
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For correct writing, the cultivation of patience and mental accuracy is essential. Throughout the young author's period of apprenticeship, he must keep reliable dictionaries and textbooks at his elbow; eschewing as far as possible that hasty extemporaneous manner of writing which is the privilege of more advanced students.
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Doing a lot of drama earlier in my career and now exploring comedy has been a treat for me, and I've had an absolute blast, and I hope to continue.
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I hate a fellow whom pride or cowardice or laziness drives into a corner, and who does nothing when he is there but sit and growl. Let him come out as I do, and bark.
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I might not have believed this if a Human had said it. Humans said one thing with their bodies and another with their mouths and everybody had to spend time and energy figuring out what they really meant.
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A weak invention of the enemy.
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Sex is nostalgia for sex.
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I'd rather have Prada shoes than eat.
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The more we elaborate our means of communication, the less we communicate.
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Every decently-made object, from a house to a lamp post to a bridge, spoon or egg cup, is not just a piece of 'stuff' but a physical embodiment of human energy, testimony to the magical ability of our species to take raw materials and turn them into things of use, value and beauty.
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Every renaissance comes to the world with a cry, the cry of the human spirit to be free.
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I would like to thank the Commonwealth Games Federation for the very fair manner in which this matter has been dealt with.
