- Nov 07, 2020
Go Quotes
Quotes on moving forward.
These quotes are about pushing something forward - a producer's refusal to let a project go, and the long chain of approvals a show has to go through before it airs. Related reading includes Back Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wanted to be a cartoonist, and then I wanted to go into film - not as an actor, but as a writer-director - and then I found myself during film school at the University of Southern California listening to the Clarence Thomas hearings in class on my Walkman, and I realized L.A. was not really for me.
- Business
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wasn't a kid trying to become famous. I wasn't a part of any Disney Channel wheelhouse. I was basically a black kid whose parents put him into the business so he could go to college.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
Basketball can only go for so long.
- Picture
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- Nov 07, 2020
In college, I was up under this microscope everywhere I went. I couldn't go to class without somebody stalking me or asking me for something, an autograph or a picture.
- Out
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- Nov 07, 2020
I learn in different ways. If I can visualize what's going on and see what's happening, I can go out there and do it out there on the field.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know I have to live up to the hype wherever I go. If I'm an inch below the standard, it'll be chaos.
- Fun
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- Nov 07, 2020
I got traded in the middle of an injury - my ankle injury - so in '09, I came back and just kind of flukishly had some success. I was far, far from healthy. I came back in 2010 still nursing that ankle injury. Yeah, it was a rough, rough go. My first few years in Chicago were not much fun.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love Rebel Rebel in Manhattan's West Village for vinyl, but record stores are hard to come by these days. I almost don't even use iTunes. I mostly use music subscription services. But I'll go into Rebel Rebel once a month or so and buy everything I love on vinyl.
- Fighting
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- Nov 07, 2020
You can't go fighting everyone that's harsh towards you.
- Lawyer
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- Nov 07, 2020
There were times when I'd go to lawyer auditions, and everyone's in a suit, and I'm covered in concrete and paint.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some people choose to go on 'American Idol' or another singing contest, and some people choose to beat down barrooms before anyone even knows who they are, in order to get a fan base, so when they do get a record deal, they have that to put in front of a label.
- See
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- Nov 07, 2020
If two guys want to go see each other, let them be in the middle, let them throw some punches, then break it up.
- Battle
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- Nov 07, 2020