Common (Lonnie Corant Jaman Shuka Rashid Lynn) Quotes
I feel, as an artist, I should be able to express who I am and the things I come from, and the places I want to also be.
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Livelihoods and whole communities throughout the Murray-Darling Basin have been imperilled by the workings of drought, fire, flood, acid mud and human action over many decades. In the rescues and the cleanups and the long hauls, I see the same attitude over and again. People just rally and get on with it.
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The decathlon takes so long to learn that people who are good athletes don't want to go back to the beginning again.
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Acting is a very big part of what human beings do. A dog is always a dog, but we're always changing.
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The cars haven't advanced that much since we were kids. When you boil it down, it's still a gas combustion engine.
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I loved Interpol when they came out, but I never wanted to be in Interpol.
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I developed in my head that I'm never any better than my last concert or the last time I played, so it's like an audition each time. You get nervous just before going onstage. I still have that, but I think it's more like concern. You're concerned about the people - like meeting your in-laws for the first time.
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I graduated from the University of Oklahoma, and I got the opportunity to take some on-camera classes while I was in school and met a casting director who informed me quite a bit before my move out to L.A.; it made L.A. feel possible, coming from Oklahoma and not having a family that was in the industry.
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If you're gonna tell your life story, you gotta be honest, or don't do it.
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Whenever you hear a discussion about the short-term swings in any given stock's price, your immediate thought should be whether it matters to why you are investing.
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There's a lot of potential that goes unused in places like South Central L.A., a lot of brilliant, smart people who just don't have that chance to show it.
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I grew up in Chicago, IL. I've got three siblings.
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I was on the improv team in high school, and after I graduated, I joined an improv company that had been established 10 years prior to me getting there. They did longform improv, and I fell in love with it. It's acting, character creation, collaborative, artistic expression and comedy - and it's scary. It was a big rush.
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It's unbelievable. But I've never been to a pro football game. I've never been to a pro hockey game, either. I guess I'm not much of a sports fan.
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Raising children is an enormously important part of life. I think one of the most important, or the most important, period.
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I'm tall and thin but not strong, so you're either an athlete or you're funny.
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I believe that God has a plan and purpose not only for the human race, but for my individual life.
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Each person's voice is very different, so you need to find what works for you. Make sure you keep to your routine.
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Everything is possible, from angels to demons to economists and politicians.
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Knowledge is essential to freedom.
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If you go through some big corporate change, it's just not going to be the same. If we sold to Yahoo, they would have done something different; if you want to continue your vision of the company, then don't sell because there's inevitably going to be some change.
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If the Constitution is a compact, then the States have a right to secede.
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I grew up with artists.
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I feel, as an artist, I should be able to express who I am and the things I come from, and the places I want to also be.
