Barry Jenkins Quotes

I've worked at this film festival in Telluride called the Telluride Film Festival. Been there since 2002. I used to make popcorn. I was an usher. Cleaned toilets, everything. Grew up there as a kid.

Barry Jenkins

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PopcornKidEverythingUpUsedFilm

To spend time with Ed Harris... he's an acting hero of mine, so that's a big deal for me.

Jim Sturgess

TimeHeroMeActingBigMine

I don't tend to do category fiction very well. One of my problems when I was starting off was that publishers were hesitant to handle my books because they were never sure what I was going to do next.

Joanne Harris

ProblemsNeverNextStartingFiction

I prefer to work for my country in a free and independent way. I was born free, and I want to die free. I am always suspicious of ideology. Instead, I respect men with ideas.

Andrea Bocelli

WorkRespectMenI AmIdeasFree

As a teenager I went all Goth, but I wasn't mopey enough. I would pretend to be, but I'd end up making people laugh.

Melissa McCarthy

PeopleEndLaughEnoughUpPretend

Although our war on drugs must be fortified with the best laws, enforcement efforts and resources, we would not be successful without your individual commitment to this cause.

Mel Carnahan

BestCommitmentWarResourcesLaws

You've gotta really touch people to move them to buy your records.

Travis Scott

PeopleYouTouchBuyMoveYour

Songs are about just being totally honest and putting those words to music.

Tom Odell

MusicWordsHonestBeingJustSongs

While fractal geometry is often used in high-tech science, its patterns are surprisingly common in traditional African designs.

Ron Eglash

ScienceGeometryPatternsUsedOften

Well, I don't think we should go to the moon. I think we maybe should send some politicians up there.

Ron Paul

SpaceMoonThinkGoPoliticiansUp

There's this notion that allows people to create their own collection of songs, so it rewrites what a song is. They may only want 10 seconds of something, or they may only want this particular song, or they want this group of songs. It becomes much more user-controlled.

Michael Nesmith

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We are each responsible for all of our experiences.

Louise L. Hay

ExperienceResponsibleExperiences

Recently, I had a hip resurfaced. It's different from a hip replacement because it's done with titanium. I like to think that it's the consequence of riding horses so strenuously, but I fear it's much more mundane and was just early-onset arthritis.

Jonathan Dimbleby

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