Melina Matsoukas Quotes

It's important for women to embrace their beauty and sexuality. Females are victimized and made to feel ashamed of their bodies, or they can't be smart and beautiful, and I try to work against that.

Melina Matsoukas

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WorkBeautyWomenBeautifulSmart

I have such admiration for single mothers. I simply don't comprehend how you'd cope with that intensity, the lack of breaks, ever, on your own.

Jo Brand

YouSingleOwnMothersAdmiration

If you get something right, you really feel it, right in your chest, on stage. I think it's an incomparable experience.

Jerry Seinfeld

ExperienceThinkFeelYouRightGet

I always had this curiosity about acting, but I was really into sports, and I never really thought about acting as a career. My senior year, I tried out for the high school production of 'The Wizard of Oz,' and that was it for me.

John DeLuca

SportsSchoolMeCuriosityThought

Both now and for always, I intend to hold fast to my belief in the hidden strength of the human spirit.

Andrei Sakharov

StrengthFastBeliefHuman Spirit

If I heard somebody else say, 'I worked on a movie for five years', I'd be like, 'What? How could it take that long? What were you doing?'

Spike Jonze

DoingLongYouSayYearsTake

I feel like I'm good enough to defend anybody.

Tony Snell

GoodFeelEnoughDefendI Feel Like

A period of detention in a chilly upstate facility can be a great attitude adjuster.

Judy Sheindlin

AttitudeGreatChillyPeriodUpstate

Making a book is a craft, like making a clock; it needs more than native wit to be an author.

Jean de la Bruyere

BookMoreClockCraftWitLike

Each person's voice is very different, so you need to find what works for you. Make sure you keep to your routine.

Johnny Mathis

VoiceYouRoutineFindPersonNeed

Learn licks and songs from records.

Dimebag Darrell

LearnRecordsSongs

Smith and Carlos aside, I object to using the Olympic awards stand to make a political statement.

Brent Musburger

StandPoliticalAwardsStatement

We must find out where the roots of terrorism lie.

Brent Scowcroft

LieRootsFindTerrorismOutWhere

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