Mos Def Quotes

If you're going to do Chuck Berry, you got to, you know, go all out, and the duck walk is just kind of you know, cursory. That's like standing.

Mos Def

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WalkDuckYouGoKnowKind

I was coerced into taking piano lessons in the early '50s. It was a quite unpleasant experience.

Robert Quine

ExperienceEarlyPianoLessonsQuite

Everybody can get it. I'm here; I want to fight everyone.

Max Holloway

FightWantEveryoneHereGet

I'm supportive of women, absolutely, and it's so gratifying to have girls come up and say, 'I'm really inspired by your guitar playing.' I mean no disrespect to the sisterhood, but musically I feel more drawn to things like Dirty Projectors, the National and Grizzly Bear.

St. Vincent

WomenGuitarDisrespectFeelDirty

I believe 'Hollywood' is more like middle America than many people imagine.

Steven Levitan

PeopleBelieveAmericaHollywood

I've done my share of period stuff. I'm not sure why, but people say I have a period face. The bread and butter of British TV is Jane Austen adaptations and bridges and bonnets and boats and horses.

Tom Hiddleston

PeopleFaceBridgesDoneSayWhy

Sometimes you feel uncomfortable taking a photograph, but that's all part of the job.

Martin Parr

JobFeelUncomfortableYouSometimes

The problem is we have a Wall Street-to-Washington access of power that has controlled the political climate. The donor class feeds the political class who does the dance that the donor class wants. And the result is federal government keeps getting bigger.

Mike Huckabee

PowerDanceGovernmentPolitical

When I was little, I used to work with my dad on the engine of his car. Mostly this was a matter of me handing him wrenches.

Mireille Enos

WorkCarMeMatterHimLittle

I haven't been very good about dealing with disappointment. I suffer it, and then when that suffering becomes a kind of predation, then it's gone. Because the disappointment is not always realistic.

Donald Sutherland

GoodDisappointmentSufferingKind

People may take a job for more money, but they often leave it for more recognition.

Bob Nelson

MoneyJobPeopleRecognitionMore

I don't talk about who I'm dating because when you break up, you wind up reliving it in the media.

Bridget Fonda

DatingWindMediaYouTalkBreak

I like the idea that I come into a room, and you think you're dealing with one thing, but the truth is I'm very layered.

Annabelle Wallis

TruthTruth IsThinkYouRoomCome

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