Ruth Negga Quotes

My job as an artist is to speak up for those who might be perceived as the losers. Or those who can't shout. No wonder public-school people always get into politics or acting: they're taught to shout that much more loudly.

Ruth Negga

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Diversifying, to me, is the product of having an idea and knowing to say, 'Let's do it.'

Jimmy Iovine

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I like reflecting the culture I understand best, spotting the idiosyncrasies of British people and revealing them to an audience in a way that amuses is what I find fun.

Jim Broadbent

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Unfortunately I was in New York when 9/11 happened.

Joe Cocker

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From a writing point of view, you now have teams of screenwriters working with a director. What's lost in the process is the power of that one heart, brain, gut and soul that makes something an original piece of writing.

Joe Eszterhas

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There is a tendency in all parties, when they have been for a long time in possession of power, to augment it.

John C. Calhoun

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My mother had two unshakable beliefs that she tried to drill into me. The first was that I had to study and work twice as hard as my white peers if I wanted to survive in America, and the second was that it was delusional and dangerous to believe I possessed the same freedom white people had to pursue my dreams.

Jenny Zhang

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I'm an advocate for alternative proteins, and I believe we can eat many.

Andrew Zimmern

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'Battlestar Galactica' executive producer Ronald D. Moore told Tor.com that the series finale of 'Battlestar' turned out exactly as he'd intended, but there were several alternate endings that were considered before the final version was produced.

John Joseph Adams

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The National Tracing Center is not allowed to have centralized computer data.

Jeanne Marie Laskas

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Petty thievery is a more profitable job than pool hustling, which it resembles, requires far less talent and training, and is equally devoid of promise.

Robert Byrne

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The crew on 'Varsity Blues' was phenomenal.

Ron Lester

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'Argo,' 'Lincoln,' and 'Zero Dark Thirty,' three films honored with Best Picture Oscar nominations, lionize their Washington-anchored protagonists as crafty, competent, and virtually incorruptible.

Ron Fournier

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