Majora Carter Quotes

Prior to Katrina, the South Bronx and New Orleans' Ninth Ward had a lot in common. Both were largely populated by poor people of color, both hotbeds of cultural innovation: think hip-hop and jazz. Both are waterfront communities that host both industries and residents in close proximity of one another.

Majora Carter

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InnovationPeopleColorThinkJazz

I just got tired of being sick and tired and feeling down. Unfortunately, you don't realize this until you're getting sober but the reason why you're depressed all the time is it's the drugs that are depressing you.

Steven Adler

TimeTiredSickYouFeelingDown

When you see Robert Englund in a movie, you think he is the bad guy, but if I'm not the bad guy, and I'm supposed to just kind of fool the audience, it makes it a lot easier for whichever actor is the bad guy. So I find myself doing a lot of those, I think they're called red herring characters, faking out the audience.

Robert Englund

MyselfFoolRedThinkDoingYou

I think we have to work with Hollywood. We have to work in the system and change it.

Roger Ross Williams

WorkChangeThinkHollywoodSystem

I was a huge theater geek growing up, and that was not the easiest thing in the world, especially growing up in Chicago, where sports are really the norm. I was always off to the theater at night, from 7 years old on. Friends there in the Midwest who could talk to you about the idiosyncrasies of 'Pippin' were few and far between.

Johnny Galecki

SportsGrowing UpWorldNightYou

If I think too much about all of those Chinese factories where all the stuff in a Wal-Mart is made, I get that woozy feeling you get when you see ducks covered in crude oil.

Douglas Coupland

ThinkYouFeelingToo MuchOilSee

If you have a billion people running a phone in every corner of their lives, and all these third-party apps and all these countries and all these languages, there are going to be issues.

Craig Federighi

PeopleYouPhoneCornerGoingEvery

I think about the history of racism in this country all the time.

Clint Smith

HistoryTimeRacismThinkCountry

Anybody with ability can play in the big leagues. But to be able to trick people year in and year out the way I did, I think that was a much greater feat.

Bob Uecker

PeopleThinkYearPlayWayAbility

In beach volleyball, there are only two of you on the court, so it's so easy for things to go south and take everything personal.

Brooke Sweat

BeachEasyYouGoPersonalTwo

I have to say that I reject somewhat the distinction between something called art and something called public art. I think all art demands and desires to be seen.

Antony Gormley

ArtThinkSaySeenSomethingPublic

Eighty percent of success is showing up.

Woody Allen

SuccessShowing UpUpSuccess Is

The guys that are serious serious about football - your Peyton Mannings, your Tom Bradys - I'm not saying don't advertise or do endorsements dollars. But there's a time and a place for everything.

Shannon Sharpe

TimeFootballSayingPlaceSerious

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