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With 'Lonely Thug,' I constructed a fantasy character who was very masculine and strong and almost threatening, but his demeanor belied some complication.

Arca

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CharacterStrongLonelyThugFantasy

Be true to your work, your word, and your friend.

John Boyle O'Reilly

WorkFriendBe TrueTrueYourWord

Film buffs who don't live in Hollywood have a fantasy about what it's like to be a director. Movies and the people who make movies have such glamour associated with them. But the truth is, it's not like that. It's very different. It's hard work.

John Carpenter

WorkHard WorkLiveTruthPeople

How many radio shows I did is lost to memory now; it's in the hundreds - maybe even close to being in the thousands - for the span of years from the time I was eight till I was about fifteen.

Mel Torme

TimeMemoryLostNowYearsRadio

But with the steady disintegration of the family in modern society over the last century, the role of the school in bridging the gap has become vital!

Stephen Covey

FamilySchoolSocietyBecomeSteady

Everyone I used to play with has either given up or is dead.

Stephen Sondheim

PlayDeadEveryoneUpUsedEither

Fashion is such a weird thing. Growing up, I just made do with whatever I had access to - a lot of hand-me-downs and thrift store shopping.

Ruby Rose

Growing UpShoppingFashionWeirdUp

There's a responsibility to represent female MMA that comes with being the champion, just as there's a responsibility to represent and promote the show when you coach TUF.

Miesha Tate

ResponsibilityChampionYouCoach

I just want to develop and be the best player I can be.

Jaylen Brown

BestI CanWantJustDevelopPlayer

I believe that my children, who are young, will look back on the early years of the 21st century in rather the same way I look back on the middle of the 20th: as a time when seemingly respectable people supported discrimination against Americans simply because those Americans were different from themselves.

Jon Meacham

ChildrenTimePeopleBelieveLook

You would go mad if you began to speculate about the impact your novel might have while you were still writing it.

Jonathan Coe

WritingImpactYouMadGoYour

In my work and in myself I reflect black people, women and men, as I reflect others. One day even the most self-protective ones will look into the mirror I provide and not be afraid.

Alice Walker

WorkWomenMirrorMyselfDayMen

You always risk people misunderstanding you when you say anything.

Phil Lord

PeopleYouSayMisunderstandingRisk

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