You Quotes
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It is your passion that empowers you to be able to do that thing you were created to do.
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You can't make a living as a playwright. You can barely scrape by.
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We're all colored, or you wouldn't be able to see anyone.
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Exile is more than a geographical concept. You can be an exile in your homeland, in your own house, in a room.
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Let not then any one deceive you, as indeed you are not deceived, inasmuch as you are wholly devoted to God.
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How can you tell your kid, 'You can be anything you want to be,' if you're not trying to do the same?
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I'm not trying to be macho, I promise you.
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I just do whatever I do, and put it out there without tryin' to cater to anybody. If you like it, you like it.
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It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety.
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If you bet on Microsoft, you are not going to ask anymore, 'Hey, where is the innovation?' The challenge going forward is how do we keep up with it.
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Customer expectations? Nonsense. No customer ever asked for the electric light, the pneumatic tire, the VCR, or the CD. All customer expectations are only what you and your competitor have led him to expect. He knows nothing else.
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Kids have a great sense of humour. If you don't, you're going to miss out.
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Elmcrest CC, in Cedar Rapids, is where it all started when I was growing up. The tree-lined course has a very demanding layout that requires you to be accurate off the tee and avoid a number of well-placed water hazards on some of the holes.
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The one thing you can ask, I think, is that actors get paid a living wage. I would like it if all the repertory theatres that currently exist could do that. It would make a huge difference.
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When I was 11 years old, I was a member of 'Press Pack,' which was a thing that would come out in 'The Sunday Times' in England. You'd write articles and send them off and would get a badge saying 'Official Press.' I was really excited about my badge.
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But if you're doing something, show up everyday, and something good might happen - it's not going to happen if you don't show up.
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If you do like what you do, you're cooperating and sharing.
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You can only paint through your experience and sub-consciousness.
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When you're brown and Indian, you get offered a lot of doctor roles.
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People are intrigued when they discover you date a footballer - women especially.
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An artist is attracted to certain kinds of form without knowing why. You adopt a position intuitively; only later do you attempt to rationalize or even justify it.
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Be fond of the man who jests at his scars, if you like; but never believe he is being on the level with you.
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Your first duty as a writer is to write to please yourself. And you have no duty towards anyone else.
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The future isn't just a place you'll go. It's a place you will invent.
