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Honestly, I want to do films. I want to make that move from actor to producer, like Will Smith.


Michael B. Jordan

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PATRICK J. ADAMS I don't want to make pompous, serious films; I like films that have a kind of vivacity about the...
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BRANDY NORWOOD Your "Not To Do" list is also important.
MANI S. SIVASUBRAMANIAN Each day I will accomplish one thing on my to do list.
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DANNY STRONG I love that woman. She's like a great athlete, like Tiger Woods or Michael Jordan. They make it look...
CAMERON DIAZ It is an entirely selfish decision to turn producer because I want my kind of cinema to last and flo...
ANURAG KASHYAP Get this (economic plan) passed. Later on, we can all debate it.
, TO NEW HAMPSHIRE LEGISLATORS Give someone a thought, and they will produce an act; When they sow that act, they will reap a habit...
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GARY F EVANS... Whatever you do, make sure you want to write more than you want to be a writer. Make sure you want t...
BRADLEY WHITFORD Be who you want to be not what others think you should be.
BILAL SAIF Because I want to be remembered.
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MAHESH BABU All I ever did to that apartment was hang fifty yards of yellow theatrical silk across the bedroom w...
JOAN DIDION We can never make proper goodbyes. It was your last ride in a Checker cab and you had no warning. It...
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JESS ROW You mean the producer is the guy who was telling me, 'Move along, sir, three feet from the rail?' ....
DAVID ADAMS You mean the producer is the guy who was telling me, 'Move along, sir, three feet from the rail?' .....
DAVID ADAMS Are the referees going to treat him like Michael Jordan in his first playoff or like Michael Jordan ...
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ANTOINE FUQUA I just want to make films that have enough of a budget to pull off high-level imagery but also have ...
NEILL BLOMKAMP The action films I will make in the future will be more believable and character-based. I am now on ...
JEAN-CLAUDE VAN DAMME I want make more records with my sister. I want to go on the road. I want to tour around the world. ...
AJ MICHALKA Superstars come and go. I want to make sure I am always a producer's actor. I may be refused to ...
AKSHAY KUMAR I've enjoyed it and I would like to make more films because it allows me this terrible time I need t...
FIONA SHAW I want to learn from them. I want to do what I can to make a difference.
JANAY YANCEY I want to make films without a single clear message, and films that are as close as possible to what...
SPIKE JONZE Jazz is all about improvisation and it's about the moment in time, doing it this way now, and yo...
BRIAN MCKNIGHT It's fun. It's one of those games that will test your ability. I was watching that '60 Minutes' piec...
MATHIAS KIWANUKA As a child, I always said I was going to be a professional basketball player like Michael Jordan.
ISRAEL IDONIJE I know Elon, we're very like minded in many ways. We're not conceptual twins. One thing I wa...
JEFF BEZOS There's a side that I want to do just like really retarded arty films like parody, pretentious a...
ANDY MILONAKIS I can make things move without touching them. I can make animals do what I want them to do, without ...
J.K. ROWLING I'm an actor. I want to do drama.
BUDDY HACKETT The person that made me want to make movies, and the reason I do films, is Bruce Lee. He was an incr...
LL COOL J Do I want to see a subdivision or a gun club? Honestly - I would want a gun club.
ART SPINELLA The quest of the Inner Ring will break your hearts unless you break it. But if you break it, a surpr...
C.S. LEWIS All I could do was pump my Michael Jordan fist, ... You know, when Michael Jordan hit that last shot...
RONALD ALLEN I want to make music, I want to act, I want to sing, I want to do something that doesn't make my...
CARA DELEVINGNE The whole structure of the paper is crumbling. Honestly, I feel like people don't want to make the p...
BRADLEY WILSON I love inspirational R&B, like Mary J. Blige and Jennifer Hudson. I want to do that. That kind o...
ASHTHON JONES People do not believe lies because they have to, but because they want to
MALCOLM MUGGERIDGE If you don’t have a goal and don’t know where you want to be and when you want be there. You are...
AHMED ALI ANJUM I love Michael Keaton. I think he's awesome - he's such an awesome actor - like the 'Bee...
MATT RYAN I moved from Florida when I was younger, and sports, especially basketball, were a good way to make ...
ART LINARES If I can make him do what I want him to do, then I know where to put it. I find that you have to giv...
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BRYSON TILLER Aye, well, I've got my garden.
LIKE I I told my Nike representative, 'Why didn't you guys use me for this?''' Williams said, laughing.
LIKE I On the interception, I was out of bounds,
LIKE I casually made his 'abort black fetuses' argument.
LIKE I I can field my position. If I start worrying about being ready for a line drive too soon that means ...
LIKE I I told him that he played a great game,'' said Falcons quarterback Michael Vick , who like Manning w...
LIKE I I was so concerned with getting the ball out of my hands and not taking the sack, that sometimes I t...
LIKE I I knew I had to throw the ball better,'' Manning said of his poor start.
LIKE I I think the reason that I have that title or that moniker is because people don't know what to expec...
LIKE I You're either ready and prepared to take on the task, or you're not,'' he said.
LIKE I I did not have one butterfly out there today,'' he said.
LIKE I Married to the Mob.
LIKE I Hello you're with Drudge.
LIKE I I don't expect Christian Fundamentalists to reach out to me. They are adamant that homosexuals are i...
LIKE I throw enough shit at the wall and some should stick?
LIKE I I'm not happy, that's all I can say about it,'' he said.
LIKE I I feel I have a political duty to reach out to the general public. I want to make films that the peo...
BRUNO DUMONT You don't tell an astronaut what to do.
ATMOSPHERE “My to do list is so long, my grandchildren will have to finish it.”
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CHRISTINA GRIMMIE Mes poumons sont remplis de l'air pur mon esprit est ouvert et libéré, la sérénité remplit tous...
JACOB MAHURIEN Becoming a producer enables you to empower yourself, to make the film that you want to make. I have ...
ANDY GARCIA I made a commitment to myself; that I wanted to be an actress, and I wanted to do films that make a ...
LAURA DERN I like joy; I want to be joyous; I want to have fun on the set; I want to wear beautiful clothes and...
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MICHAEL B. KITSON The common denominator of success and happiness is other people.
MICHAEL B. KITSON I find it challenging to think a negative thought when I'm smiling.
MICHAEL B. KITSON Surround yourself with people who are better than you and you will become better yourself.
MICHAEL B. KITSON Practice doesn't make perfect, but whatever you practice at can only improve.
MICHAEL B. KITSON When you write things down, you are that much closer to achieving them.
MICHAEL B. KITSON People respond more to what you do than what you say.
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MICHAEL B. KITSON When you have cleared all of your clutter, you can be of greater service to those around you.
MICHAEL B. KITSON Awareness is a key ingredient in success. If you have it, teach it, if you lack it, seek it.
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B. MICHAEL QUALE It's definitely a stretch for them, and I think they're doing a beautiful job.
B. MICHAEL QUALE It's kind of a trip down memory lane for some people.
B. MICHAEL QUALE A couple of scenes are more visual humor, while some are more subtle.
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B. B. KING Jazz is the big brother of the blues. If a guy's playing blues like we play, he's in high sc...
B. B. KING Back when we was in school in Mississippi, we had Little Black Sambo. That's what you learned: A...
B. B. KING I don't care for the music when they're talking bad about women because I think women are Go...
B. B. KING The blues was like that problem child that you may have had in the family. You was a little bit asha...
B. B. KING My mother was a very beautiful lady, I thought. She was very good to me. I guess - she died when I w...
B. B. KING Sometimes I just think that there are more things to be said to make the audience understand what I&...
B. B. KING I started to like blues, I guess, when I was about 6 or 7 years old. There was something about it, b...
B. B. KING Growing up, I was taught that a man has to defend his family. When the wolf is trying to get in, you...
B. B. KING Cotton was a force of nature. There's a poetry to it, hoeing and growing cotton.
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B. B. KING I like jazz, rock n' roll, some hip hop - I can't think of any music I don't like.
B. B. KING The blues was bleeding the same blood as me.
B. B. KING Everybody wants to go to Heaven, but no one wants to die to get there!
B. B. KING If my fans want to do something for me when that time comes, I say, don't waste your money on me...
B. B. KING Water from the white fountain didn't taste any better than from the black fountain.
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B. B. KING We all have idols. Play like anyone you care about but try to be yourself while you're doing so.
B. B. KING I don't think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow.
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B. B. KING The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.
B. B. KING When people treat you mean, you dislike them for that, but not because of their person, who they are...
B. B. KING I used to play - when I first started trying to be professional, I disk jockey from 1949 to 1955 in ...
B. B. KING I was a singing disc jockey who heard every type of music there was - and loved it all.
B. B. KING 'She's Dynamite' was a 100 years ago, and I recorded that song because the company thoug...
B. B. KING If T-Bone Walker had been a woman, I would have asked him to marry me. I'd never heard anything ...
B. B. KING I've said that playing the blues is like having to be black twice. Stevie [Ray Vaughan] missed on bo...
B. B. KING When I do eventually drop, I pray to God that it'll happen in one of three ways. Firstly, on sta...
B. B. KING I would sit on the street corners in my hometown of Indianola, Mississippi, and I would play. And, g...
B. B. KING I would sit on the street corners in my hometown of Indianola, Mississippi, and I would play. And, g...
B. B. KING I liked blues from the time my mother used to take me to church. I started to listen to gospel music...
B. B. KING My wife Martha used to call me Ol' Lemon Face because of my facial contortions when I play Lucil...
B. B. KING I tell my children now that they are older, 'If something happens to me... don't make no big...
B. B. KING I developed in my head that I'm never any better than my last concert or the last time I played,...
B. B. KING The minute I stop singing orally, I start to sing by playing Lucille.
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