Yara Shahidi Quotes

When we moved to L.A., I started going out for more commercials, and then one day they emailed me a movie script. The first thing I said was, 'No way. I love commercials.'

Yara Shahidi

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actress
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 10, 2000

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I can't learn in school, but I can learn from somebody who I think is cool and great.

Jimmy Iovine

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Especially in football, it is not a QB's game... even though the media likes to make it into that - it takes the whole team.

Joe Montana

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The worst thing for a filmmaker is for a film to be labeled as pretentious or heavy-handed.

John Curran

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I guess I'm reasonably confident in all honesty. But I definitely don't think I'm arrogant. I'm pretty down to earth, I mean I'm genuinely down to earth.

John Key

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The goal isn't just to make transactions: it's to make better decisions in the way you run your business. If that's not at the top of every executive's priorities, then they shouldn't be an executive.

Aneel Bhusri

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The United States has dealt with the Middle East and surrounding regions for many decades in the context of the Cold War.

Stephen Kinzer

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When I was in 'Billy,' I always knew that I wanted to do something in performing. I always knew that I wanted to have a future in the performing arts. I had no idea that it was going to be acting in movies.

Tom Holland

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Elderly parents tend to think their relationship with their middle-aged children is smoother than the children do. Adult grandchildren, who have little stake in pulling away from their grandparents, tend to describe that relationship as less rose-colored than do Gram and Gramps.

Robin Marantz Henig

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Flattery and insults raise the same question: What do you want?

Mason Cooley

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You can't just play a house set for four hours at the Sheraton. You have to be creative and throw in some jazz, some Latin music, and really mix it up.

Mija

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People in the music business say don't make too many records because they'll compete against one another.

Chick Corea

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A feeling that was possibly generated by experiences in my previous work on cosmic rays; more likely it was inborn and was the reason why, as a young man, I went into the field of cosmic rays.

Bruno Rossi

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