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Roy Jones Jr. Quotes

If I spent my career responding to critics, I'd never be where I'm at right now.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: athlete
Nationality: american
Birth: January 16, 1969

Topics

Career Now Never Right Critics

I'm not going to allow myself to second-guess projects. I'm just going to do the ones that I fully love and believe in - that's a real privilege.

Love Myself Believe Privilege Real

I have never written out of a desire to be controversial.

Desire Never Out Controversial

The markets want to force us to do certain things. That we won't do. Politicians have to make sure that we're unassailable, that we can make policy for the people.

People Want Policy Politicians Force

Art! Who comprehends her? With whom can one consult concerning this great goddess?

Ludwig van Beethoven

Great Art Goddess Her Who Whom

Mysterious can be cool, if you're in Hollywood and everyone's happy. But it can be really bad if people perceive that the financial interests are adversarial, that there's money versus people. A lot of Goldman Sachs people went into government, so at a time when there's a distrust of institutions, some of that reflects on us.

Lloyd Blankfein

Time Money Government Happy People

I have never been opposed to earmarks.

Never Been Opposed

I kinda feel that my brother wrote some of the best country lyrics ever - 'The Ballad of Curtis Loew,' 'Mississippi Kid' and that little hit 'Sweet Home Alabama.'

Johnny Van Zant

Home Best Brother Sweet Feel Kid

Don't believe everything you read in the trades.

Believe You Everything Read Trades

The effect of the mass media is not to elicit belief but to maintain the apparatus of addiction.

Christopher Lasch

Media Addiction Belief Mass Media

When you are getting ready to become a mom, being in love with someone just isn't enough. You need to think about whether he would be a good parent and raise your children with similar beliefs.

Love Good Children Mom Think Parent

I didn't really know how to make a film when I made 'Control'. I had to create my own language, just as I did when I started taking photographs. I never studied either one.

Control Language Create Know My Own

Test audiences are notorious for getting kind of itchy when people talk too much, and you have to trust your instincts that they don't necessarily understand that you're not digesting the movie on a scene-by-scene basis.

Trust People You Too Much Understand

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