Kehinde Wiley Quotes

This idea that my work is about hip-hop is a little reductive. What I'm interested in is the performance of masculinity, the performance of ethnicity, and how they intermingle across cultures.

Kehinde Wiley

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WorkPerformanceHip-HopMasculinity

You don't want to watch people who are really awful. That's the goal whenever you're playing someone who's a little twisted. One of the important aspects of this is we just don't know who he is. Or who she is. And we find out along the way.

Stanley Tucci

PeopleSomeoneYouFindGoalKnow

I don't focus on happiness as a goal or an end.

Srikumar Rao

HappinessFocusEndGoal

Some bands sound like one song the whole album through. We've been all over the place because we are punk, hardcore, rock n' roll, metal, reggae - and I think sometimes it might be too much diversity, and kids are lost.

Sonny Sandoval

DiversitySongThinkPlaceToo Much

I never lift weights.

Romelu Lukaku

LiftNeverWeights

Institutions develop because people put a lot of trust in them, they meet real needs, they represent important aspirations, whether it's monasteries, media, or banks, people begin by trusting these institutions, and gradually the suspicion develops that actually they're working for themselves, not for the community.

Rowan Williams

CommunityTrustPeopleMediaMeet

Part of the reason people abroad resent the United States is something Americans can do very little about: envy. The richest, most powerful country in the world attracts the jealousy of others in much the same way that the richest, most powerful man in a small town attracts the jealousy of others.

Mohsin Hamid

ManJealousyPeopleWorldSmallWay

In any solid, good relationship, it takes a while to trust someone.

Minka Kelly

GoodRelationshipTrustSomeoneAny

You know, when you start, especially with me, I didn't really know I was going to be a movie actress. I thought I was going to do theater.

Ludivine Sagnier

MeStartThoughtYouKnowGoing

Around 2001, I started analyzing lesbians. I started to realize that even really butch-acting or -dressing women still had a strong female identity that I never had.

Chaz Bono

WomenIdentityStrongNeverRealize

What sets 'Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children' apart is Riggs's use of 'found' photographs as a spark of inspiration for the narrative. 'Found' describes art created from common objects that are not normally considered art.

Claire Cameron

HomeChildrenArtSparkInspiration

People always make that mistake when they talk about theatre - the notion of the 'theatrical' meaning something separate from life. If it doesn't relate to life, it doesn't relate to anything.

Brian Cox

LifeMistakePeopleTheatreMeaning

If you can help someone become a good young woman or a good young man, they have a better chance of surviving in this business.

Scooter Braun

GoodBusinessWomanManBetterHelp

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