Yance Ford Quotes
'Strong Island' has been a labor of love and dedication on the part of so many people, that it's just an incredible recognition to be honored. And to be the first trans director - and, I believe, the first African-American trans director - to be nominated for an Academy Award is incredibly, incredibly special to me.
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When people first started watching UFC, it seemed like a no-holds barred event... early on it looked like all the fighters were crazy. Actually, there are a lot of techniques, and the reality shows have let people see the fighters behind the scenes.
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Between two groups of people who want to make inconsistent kinds of worlds, I see no remedy but force.
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I think my thing is that... I don't know. And that's why I don't wanna sing about 'This is me, this is who I am' because, like, even the question, 'Tell me about yourself' - what are you supposed to say? 'Ooh, I'm a happy girl, but I'm sad, too'? People are so complex.
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When you built television sets, you have all this test equipment. And you'd have all these lines and squares on the screen to test it. So it occurred to me that it might be fun for people to control the lines and squares on the screen.
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I have a great sensitivity to kids. I have a great sensitivity to the people that fall between the cracks.
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Telling people not to have children is unthinkable and inhumane.
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For 'Breaking Bad,' people were with Walter White for 99% of that show, even though that guy is a monster.
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I believe in absolute freedom of expression. Everyone has a right to offend and be offended.
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The reason I don't carry a mobile phone is I don't want people to know where I am!
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I never said I don't like gay people.
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I went to a Steiner School, which is very small and nurturing and creative, so I felt like I was in an environment where I could mature. There was less of the clique-y stuff, which can really make high school a living hell for a lot of people, going on, so I was very similar then to who I am now. I'm still a dork.
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It was the wish of the Americans that their red brethren should remain peacefully round their own fires, and not embroil themselves in any disputes between the white people.
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I believe that architecture is fundamentally a public space where people can gather and communicate, think about the history, think about the lives of human beings, or the world.
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I have made myself what I am. And I would that I could make the red people as great as the conceptions of my own mind, when I think of the Great Spirit that rules over us all.
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When I was born, the doctor looked at my mother and said, 'Congratulations, you have an actor!'
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I am bullish on the global development. I am bullish on billions of people getting out of poverty.
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You need people around you that care about you and are thinking about you in your best interest. And keep your mind straight.
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We have people around the world who live in the United States, and these people don't deserve to be called traitors.
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There's such a good vibe in Minneapolis. You've got an upscale downtown, and yet people aren't afraid to sit around the fire pit in the middle of winter and drink a beer. It's amazing.
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When public spending in the form of transfer payments makes various services and benefits free of charge, work is discouraged. Yet it is precisely Social Security that legislators fear to cut.
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You can't have pride without humility. Aggression without tolerance. Strength without compassion. Power without restraint.
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I was reared a Catholic but I think every day we ask ourselves, not consciously, what are we doing on this planet? What's it all about?
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'Strong Island' has been a labor of love and dedication on the part of so many people, that it's just an incredible recognition to be honored. And to be the first trans director - and, I believe, the first African-American trans director - to be nominated for an Academy Award is incredibly, incredibly special to me.
