Anthony Ray Hinton Quotes

Henry Hays was cheated all his life. He was cheated by his father who taught him to hate. His community taught him to hate. My mom told me, no matter what one does in life, he or she deserves some compassion, and I knew Hays deserved compassion more than anybody.

Anthony Ray Hinton

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LifeFatherCommunityHateMeMom

I don't want to have to be like a Scarlett Johansson - who I have nothing against - but I don't want to have to go on talk shows and pull out every SAT word I've ever learned to prove, like, 'Take me seriously, I am intelligent, I can speak.'

Megan Fox

I AmMeSpeakI CanWantSeriously

When I'm in the gym, I'm in the gym, and that is my focus. But when I'm not in the gym, I'm enjoying being a mom and taking care of those responsibilities .. They really do provide me with the balance that I need to be a more complete athlete.

Melanie Roach

FocusBalanceMeMomCareGym

What I like most about directing is creating a world more so than anything. To me, the music is the wrapping paper on that world.

Matthew Gray Gubler

MusicMeWorldCreatingMorePaper

And I try to be as diplomatic as I can, but it always ends up being a psychodrama up there on stage.

John Zorn

I CanTryAlwaysStageUpBeing

A promising young man should go into politics so that he can go on promising for the rest of his life.

Robert Byrne

LifePoliticsManRestGoYoung

My killer crossover project would be to combine Bjork and Grace Jones with the West Coast rappers and create this massive music. That's, like, one of my dreams.

Jason Moran

DreamsMusicGraceCreateProject

Sixth grade was definitely a hard year for me. I got left out because I didn't go to any of the parties or hang out with the 'cool kids.' I was focusing on my academics. I wasn't allowed to go to any of the parties.

Jordan Pruitt

MeCoolYearGoHardOut

Film is a temporal medium as much as it is a visual medium: you're playing with time, and you don't have that ability where someone can pause at home. That's such a fundamental part of what makes filmmaking exciting to me. I don't really have as much interest in any other medium. I just like the control.

Jon Watts

HomeTimeMeControlSomeoneYou

The beauty of football is that it's about 11, and another five, at least, are sitting outside. You cannot get competitive.

Diego Luna

BeautyFootballYouSittingOutside

The theory of isolation of certain tasks in certain hemispheres of the brain suggests I shouldn't even be able to speak, never mind write.

Chris Van Allsburg

MindBrainSpeakIsolationNever

The middle class, in the white population, encompasses a wide swath.

Constance Baker Motley

WhiteClassPopulationMiddleWide

My first school play was 'Perkin and the Pastry Cook' that my primary school put on, and I played a boy, and it was so much fun, and I'd love to play a boy again. I think that would be great.

Anya Taylor-Joy

LoveGreatSchoolFunThinkPlay

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