Rumaan Alam Quotes

I didn't know, at 22, that everything that happens to you, the good stuff as well as the less-good stuff, accrues and becomes your life.

Rumaan Alam

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LifeGoodYouKnowEverythingWell

For singers, our singing voice is our natural voice, not the speaking.

Jennifer Holliday

SingingVoiceNaturalSpeakingOur

Writing fiction is an act of imaginative empathy.

Andrew Sean Greer

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Rock bottom for some people is death. Some people never learn from their mistakes. They don't learn from other people's mistakes.

Tracy Morgan

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The ordinariness of living to be old is too novel a thing to appreciate.

Ronald Blythe

AppreciateLivingOldNovelThing

My experience for myself as a performer is not one of high expectations.

Ruby Dee

MyselfExperienceExpectationsHigh

It's a holistic process for me during a show. I'm always focusing on the technical aspects of my voice. I try to make my voice do what I want. One big thing I do to improve on each show is to listen back to performances on CD while on tour.

Matisyahu

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You cannot reason with people who don't recognize the humanity in all of us.

Roxane Gay

PeopleHumanityYouReasonUsWho

I try to learn from both, from features and documentaries. In both cases you have to find a way to make the camera as discreet as possible, and flexible enough to be able to capture the moment when it happens. I know from documentary how to not have a preconceived idea of what the scene could be.

Michel Gondry

MomentLearnEnoughCameraYouFind

Film-makers in Belgium are seen as arts and crafts makers. It is a small country. There is not really a film industry there at all.

Luc Dardenne

SmallCountryIndustryArtsFilm

I don't like Philly. I don't care at all about Philly.

Jason Pierre-Paul

CareLikeAboutPhilly

Well, I've been a professional racer for nine years. And if I could get it to pay me as much as acting, I'd give up all the rest in a second. Working in television, however, has made me accustomed to a certain lifestyle that I'd like to maintain.

Jason Priestley

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It's always been difficult to make a good record.

Dr. Dre

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