Clifton Collins, Jr. Quotes
I think it's not a big secret that I like to work a lot. I really go out for projects when I find things I'm passionate about.
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Natural selection, as it has operated in human history, favors not only the clever but the murderous.
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Histories are to educate so that we understand better for ourselves and for motivation.
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There's no doubt in the world that directing makes you a better actor. Me, anyway. There's no doubt in the world that it makes me a more collaborative actor.
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My father was a factory worker, and we were really poor. But everything I earned peddling papers and working in stores, he made me put aside for education.
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At least for me, any time I've been in hotbeds of creativity, I got excited about something that wasn't coming from me.
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I'd want to collaborate with Eminem, of all people. Maybe even Lauryn Hill.
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It's all part of my journey - I've done a lot of stupid things, but you learn by your mistakes.
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You can't be around Oprah and not have her influence you, and I don't mean that because she's doling out the free advice. I mean it because she is someone that leads with truth and follows her heart. She's a force.
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At present there is no distinction among the upper ten thousand of the city.
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The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea.
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I find it slightly absurd that the only thing we consume more of than water is concrete.
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In reality, I don't see myself as a man hunter. In fact, when it comes to love, I am rarely the one to make the first move.
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When you decide to do this kind of music then you just accept the facts.
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You know the greatest thing about working on 'Fallon?' I get so many anonymous gifts.
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Of course, I grew up hearing Latin music but, to be honest, aside from my personal circumstances, like most kids I wanted to rebel against what I considered to be such old fashioned fare.
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My work always presents problems in our society. Those problems may be anything from injustice to freedom, and everything related to humanity.
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I try to do things I love or care about for some reason.
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I love my shape because I work really hard at it. I honor my body by working out and seeing what it can do.
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The music industry was invented, like, 100 years ago. I'm talking about the goddess Matangi, who invented music 5,000 years ago. She was the only thing that inspired me.
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Your private life is really very important for you. You know, all of us, you know.
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We really believe in the earnings. We're very proud that often we do well in the down market. But you know, there are some markets where they just lose liquidity, like 2001, 2008.
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A sympathetic parent might see the spark of consciousness in a baby's large eyes and eagerly accept the popular claim that babies are wonderful learners, but it is hard to avoid the impression that they begin as ignorant as bread loaves.
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When I think of my work, I'm aware that I'm American and African at all points and times. And without a doubt, my experience and understanding of America was shaped by having immigrant parents.
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I think it's not a big secret that I like to work a lot. I really go out for projects when I find things I'm passionate about.
