Cuba Gooding, Jr. Quotes

When I won the Oscar, I fell into that mind-set that this is a precious role. People everywhere were shouting, 'Show me the money!' I just didn't want anything that could parody the fact that I was like a tagline in a movie. So when Steven Spielberg offered me 'Amistad,' I said no; when 'Hotel Rwanda' came along, I said no.

Cuba Gooding, Jr.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 2, 1968

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We started Vector with the goal of creating a development platform that would foster and bolster the micro space innovations currently underway and bring the promise of space-based technologies to a much larger pool of entrepreneurs who don't need to be space experts.

Jim Cantrell

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In the 1970s, for all the Stevie Wonders, I'm sure there were five artists that were making forgettable music.

John Legend

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The most important thing for Quentin and the most important thing for me is to make the best film possible.

Robert Richardson

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Sisters have ways of socializing brothers into the mysteries of girls. Brothers have ways of socializing sisters into the puzzle that is boys.

Jeffrey Kluger

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After the pancreatic cancer, at first I went to N.I.H. every three months, then every four months, then every six months.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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If I go into a studio and find my truth of the moment, there are a number of people in the world who can relate to what I'm saying and are going to buy into what I'm doing. Not because it's the new thing of the moment, but because it's genuine emotion. Its how I feel. This is how I articulate the world.

Jay-Z

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I believe that the United States has a moral obligation to stand up for those citizens of the world who cannot stand up for themselves, and I am proud to have authored the bill signed into law today that continues to put significant pressure on the brutal Burmese military junta.

Joseph Crowley

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I was Pippa on 'Home And Away' for nearly a decade.

Debra Lawrance

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I don't know what the future holds, but I have to be confident about it. It's just the way I am.

Dawn French

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Nothing splendid was ever created in cold blood. Heat is required to forge anything. Every great accomplishment is the story of a flaming heart.

Arnold H. Glasow

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There are lot of people I'd wanna work with, but Wes Anderson, I would just wanna sit down with the guy. If he would ever put me in one of his movies, that would be the end.

Thomas Middleditch

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I was baptized by my father when I was 4 years old.

Mr. T

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