Theodore Melfi Quotes

The journey of making 'Hidden Figures' has shown me the automatic privilege that all white men are afforded in America in 2017 and in any and every year before that.

Theodore Melfi

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No, I mean we'd all definitely involved in the music business someway or another, because we're all living with it, and in it, and also we've got all sorts of things we would like to do.

John Deacon

BusinessMusicLivingMeanThings

The... provisional government unwaveringly believes that it can solve all the present problems together with the broad masses of Ethiopia. However, we can do this only if all the people come out in unison to implement our planned undertakings.

Meles Zenawi

TogetherGovernmentPeopleProblems

Striving is exhausting. Sometimes I do say things like, 'I wish I were not quite this driven to be excellent.' It's not a comfortable life. It's not relaxed. I'm not relaxed as a person. I mean, I'm not unhappy. But... it's the opposite of being comfortable.

Angela Duckworth

LifeUnhappyWishPersonStriving

Earn the right to be proud and confident.

John Wooden

ProudConfidentRightEarn

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

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As all human beings are, in my view, creatures of God's design, we must respect all other human beings. That does not mean I have to agree with their choices or agree with their opinions, but indeed I respect them as human beings.

Stockwell Day

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Dave Cobb is someone who shows up every day and is playing guitar and never takes his eye off the ball. That's what the greats in music do. The music is in great hands as long as he's making it.

Shooter Jennings

MusicGreatDayEyeGuitarSomeone

When I write in the studio, I tend to gravitate toward the ability to play really loud, aggressive, post-punk stuff, with big, heavy guitars and a big rock drum sound.

Tom DeLonge

PlayRockSoundWriteAbilityDrum

On the rare occasions when my mother perfumed herself, she was going out, and so I rarely smelled those special scents up close on her body, except during kisses goodbye.

Mary Gaitskill

MotherGoodbyeBodySpecialSheOut

We had no money, my dad was out of work a lot, and we never owned a house. It was very hand-to-mouth.

Johnny Flynn

WorkMoneyHouseNeverOutVery

And no, having the hits is just more work.

Donna Summer

WorkMoreJustHitsHaving

I'm very careful in the sunshine.

Cheryl Ladd

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