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One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn't pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and making optimism a way of life can restore your faith in yourself.

Busy Discouraged Faith Get
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But it's a blessing to be so successful within a year; it's the greatest feeling in the world, making money and doing the things that I'm doing, and I definitely trying to continue doing what I'm doing.

Blessing Continue Definitely Doing
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A philosopher who is not taking part in discussions is like a boxer who never goes into the ring.

Boxer Discussions Goes Like
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I think the defining moment in my career is the day that I moved to Nashville - September 1, 2001. That's the biggest step to getting here is making that move. Anything that happens, the wonderful opportunities that happen to you, can't happen until you make that move.

Anything Biggest Career Day
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If I wake up one day and people tell me I'm not sexy, I'm not going to stop making good music and having fun. That 'sex symbol' thing is typically part of being in the limelight. You better be very talented in your music, but it's good to be nice to look at, I guess.

Be Nice Being Better Day
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When somewhat at a distance, I cannot hear the high tones of instruments, voices. In speaking, it is not surprising that there are people who have never noticed it, for as a rule I am absent-minded, and they account for it in that way.

Account Am Cannot Distance
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Often, I can scarcely hear any one speaking to me; the tones yes, but not the actual words; yet as soon as any one shouts, it is unbearable. What will come of all this, heaven only knows!

Actual Any Come Hear
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That folk music led to learning to play, and making things up led to what turns out to be the most lucrative part of the music business - writing, because you get paid every time that song gets played.

Because Business Every Every Time
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It’s time to stop being part of the problem by speaking out about the culture of harmful practices and impunity that has led to needless murders. We are not merely showing discontent but addressing the need to change the reinforcement of this impunity & negligence.

Speaking Harmful Practices Murders
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When I'm painting, I'm not aware of what I'm doing. It's only after a get acquainted period that I see what I've been about. I've no fears about making changes for the painting has a life of its own.

About Acquainted After Aware
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Take breaks, but equally importantly, know when to stop taking breaks. Don’t “self-care” yourself into complacency.

Take breaks Equally importantly Self care
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You SHOULD be afraid of taking risks and pursuing something that’s meaningful. But you SHOULD BE MORE afraid of staying where you are if it’s making you miserable.

You should Afraid Risks Meaningful
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I want a hit. I don't think anybody spends 12 months writing and recording an album, making something cool, and says, 'Great, I hope this doesn't sell.' I don't understand that mind-set. I want hits: a big bunch of them.

Album Anybody Big Bunch
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I have no fear of making changes, destroying the image, etc., because the painting has a life of its own.

Because Changes Destroying Etc
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New needs need new techniques. And the modern artists have found new ways and new means of making their statements... the modern painter cannot express this age, the airplane, the atom bomb, the radio, in the old forms of the Renaissance or of any other past culture.

Age Airplane Any Artists
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If I were a young man today, I might be lured into the moviemaking industry. You can really make a statement there.

Industry Make Man Might
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The greatest achievement was at first and for a time a dream. The oak sleeps in the acorn, the bird waits in the egg, and in the highest vision of the soul a waking angel stirs. Dreams are the seedlings of realities.

Achievement Acorn Angel Bird
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We don't have a lot of class-conscious filmmaking.
Filmmaking Lot Conscious
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It is not in doubt, that our health workers and personnel are the true heroes making the most priceless sacrifices on the war against coronavirus. Their welfare should be given priority attention if we must record remarkable success in this COVID-19 fight.

Health workers True heroes Priceless scarifies
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If you wait until the right time to have a child you'll die childless, and I think film making is very much the same thing. You just have to take the plunge and just start shooting something even if it's bad.

Bad Child Childless Die
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You know, in the film making business no one ever gives you anything.
Anything Business Ever Film
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People think that what I see diving must drive what I put into films, but that isn't really the case. When I am making a Hollywood production, I am telling a different kind of story. Of course, if I see something interesting that works, we will look at it, but they are different things.

Am Case Course Different
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No one will ever accuse James Carville of taking himself seriously.

Accuse Ever Himself James
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Giving is good, but taking is bad and brings death.

Giving Good Taking Bad
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He is the best man who, when making his plans, fears and reflects on everything that can happen to him, but in the moment of action is bold.

Best man Plans Fears Reflects
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I can never tire of speaking of the bridges of Paris. By day and by night have I paused on them to gaze at their views; the word not being too comprehensive for the crowds and groupings of objects that are visible from their arches.

Being Bridges Comprehensive Crowds
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When I went to film school about three years ago, the first two years you're required to make a series of short films. I started making films based on short poems.

About Based Film Film School
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I guess what I enjoy most is directing, because it incorporates all aspects of filmmaking. Directing is in the same line as acting - both are popularity contests, and in both you're trying to tell a story through the film as a medium.

Acting Aspects Because Both
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I view filmmaking as a director's medium.

Director Filmmaking Medium View
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Directing, editing, and everything about filmmaking has definitely changed me as an actor.

About Actor Changed Definitely
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The only point in making money is, you can tell some big shot where to go.
Point Making money Big shot
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'Winning' in Hollywood means not just power, money, and complimentary smoked-salmon pizza, but also that everyone around you fails just as you are peaking.

Also Around Complimentary Everyone
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I just love making a fool out of myself. I made my living as a clown at kids' parties for about three years.

Just love Myself Living Clown
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As far as making a living, if plumbing earned more, I'd probably do it. At least you can leave the job at home once the tools are put away. A writer works in his mind 24/7.

As Far As Away Earned Far
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Death is delightful. Death is dawn, The waking from a weary night Of fevers unto truth and light.

Dawn Death Delightful Light
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Sobering up was responsible for breaking up my marriage. That's what it couldn't stand.

Breaking Breaking Up Marriage Responsible
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I remember meeting President Obama and looking at him, thinking, 'Damn, this dude is really our president. He really went out and did it!' If you look at stories like that, and other stories that I'm sure you could compare to, it's just about freeing your mind and taking those guards down.

About Compare Could Damn
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I don't think there's anything more important than making peace before it's too late. And it almost always falls to the child to try to move toward the parent.

Almost Always Anything Before
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People think actresses find public speaking easy, and it's not easy at all; we're used to hiding behind masks.

Actress Behind Easy Find
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I am telling you that I am very grateful and am so proud of you for being a symbolic generation that is calling for change to the better, that is dreaming for a better future, and is making the future.

Telling you Grateful Future Symbolic generation
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Teach a child English, French, German, etc, that's very good. No knowledge is ever a waste. But flogging a child for speaking his or her own language is totally unacceptable. Teach them to appreciate their own. Don't treat them like wild animals for speaking their language.

Teach A child Very good Knowledge
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To think that some of our teachers flogged us back then in school for speaking our language. Calling it vernacular. Can you imagine? You speak your own language you get flogged. All those teachers should be ashamed of themselves. Oyibo people really messed up our brains.

Our teachers Flogged us School Language
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Approaching a part or thinking about taking a part, I never think, 'Is that person like me?'

Never Part Person Taking
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Only a low life will say “Nigeria is making progress”...
Only Low life Making progress
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Without whining and without making myself a tragic figure, there is no replacement for the loss of your privacy. It's a huge sacrifice.

Figure Huge Loss Privacy
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I don't like watching people work if they're making art.
Art Like Making People
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There is a collective as well as an individual humor inclining peoples to sadness or cheerfulness, making them see things in bright or somber lights. In fact, only society can pass a collective opinion on the value of human life; for this the individual is incompetent.

Collective Individual humor People Cheerfulness
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I lost my faith in God when I lost my daughter to Cancer, the beast. I begged, I cried, I offered my life for hers, and day by day, I watched that beautiful little Angel slip off. So, excuse me for not taking my seat next to you on Sunday in Church, I feel too cheated to worship.

Lost My faith God My daughter
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I want to make a success of where I am and one of the ways of making a success of where I am is to keep my mouth shut.

Success Keep Mouth Shut
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i keep making mistakes, ones that i can't afford, somehow i find my way around it, never to happen again.ask me what i'm doing.making new ones.

Keep making Mistakes Afford Happen again
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