People Quotes
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Chemistry between people is not the easiest thing to evaluate. Just like talent and health, these things can change.
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People always say to me, "What's wrong with Hollywood? They don't want to make female-driven movies." And that's not where the problem lies. It lies with us, in society. When we make these movies, nobody goes to see them.
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We don't want the government to have anything we don't have, because government isn't 'We The People' anymore.
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Any film that you see that has any progressive spirits that is made by any people of color or a woman is a triumph in and of itself. Whether you agree with it or not. Something that comes with some point of view and some personal perspective from a woman or a person of color is a unicorn.
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I put up a front to make people think I had all of this confidence in myself, which I didn't.
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I want to sell to people my own age, because that's the way I write songs.
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I follow my heart and my instinct about films and people.
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My focus has always been: I can be an incredibly conservative, principled idea person, but that doesn't mean I have to shout at people.
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Why nationalize industry when you can nationalize the people?
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All you have to do is put me in front of the people and put the beat in front of me, and the rest is history.
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The only way to get what you're worth is to stand out, to exert emotional labor, to be seen as indispensable, and to produce interactions that organizations and people care deeply about.
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It is quite impossible, at this early date, to say with any decided emphasis what the future of the colored people will be. Speculations of that kind, thus far, have only reflected the mental bias and education of the many who have essayed to solve the problem.
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I always say to people, "If you share my dream, why don't we walk together?" And that's my only organizing tool.
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Sometimes you want to read what people write about you, obviously.
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I maintain that there is no common language or medium of understanding between people of education and without it - between those who judge of things from books or from their senses. Ignorance has so far the advantage over learning; for it can make an appeal to you from what you know; but you cannot re-act upon it through that which it is a perfect stranger to. Ignorance is, therefore, power.
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Often it's the people who know a place least well who write about it best because they see it fresh.
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I'm interested in working with groups of actors to tell complicated stories about what's happening to people, and that's because I came out of the theatre where I worked in ensembles, and I really loved that.
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People are always going to say stupid things, and you're always going to be able to make jokes about that, but it should be the last thing you add in, because it's the easiest thing.
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The period western doesn't have a lot to say to most people today.
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Success is uncommon, not to be found by the common man. I'm looking for uncommon people.
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The truth was, I wasn't sure. But I wanted to keep believing people could change, and it was certainly easier to do so when you were in the midst of it.
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Although we may come from vastly different stories and very different walks of life, we are one people who possess common values and common ideals; who celebrate individual excellence but also share a recognition that together, we can accomplish great and wonderful things we can't accomplish alone.
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I know a helluva lot. I'm not the only one who knows these things. Many people know more than I do. That's fortunately not my problem. My problem is what I am supposed to use it for. What do I do with it? It's confusing.
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The biggest disappointment has been seeing the number of people in this business with very shortsighted views.
