"When the doors to television were opened to me, that was quite a surprise. It's been such a gift that there was so much TV and independent film happening in New York that I could be a part of. There was something to satiate my desire to be artistic and creative, especially when it wasn't in the way I originally thought it was going to be."

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Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

Aja Naomi King

#New York Quotes #Independent Quotes #Doors Quotes

“We judge other according to results; how else?--not knowing the process by which results are arrived at.”
“Sandeep Jauharâ€™s Doctored is a passionate and necessary book that asks difficult questions about the future of medicine. The narrative is gripping, and the writing is marvelous. But it was the gravity of the problemâ€”so movingly toldâ€”that grabbed and kept my attention throughout this remarkable work.”
“Yet, so far from laboring to know the forbidden tree of worldly pleasures and its various fruits, man gives himself up to a careless and thoughtless state of life, and yields to the lust of the flesh, not considering that this lust is really the forbidden tree.”

Source : Johann Arndt (1868). “True Christianity: A Treatise on Sincere Repentance, True Faith, the Holy Walk of the True Christian, Etc”, p.51
“My film is actually very critical of the level of French we're using back home. To have an immigrant from an ancient French colony come and do that is a little critical of our education system back home. Balzac is definitely over their heads. It's meant to be funny also because it would be also probably too much for kids in France, but kids in France would know who Balzac is. But, back home at that age, I guarantee you they don't know who he is.”
“Let us have but one end in view, the welfare of humanity; and let us put aside all selfishness in consideration of language, nationality, or religion.”
“I feel liberated, empowered, inspired and motivated. Fear holds you back from achieving what you want in life.”
“I love stories that give me a perspective on how easy American life has become in the 21st century.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Being a small boy it's very daunting seeing the Queen around and not really quite knowing what to talk about.”

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