"When I become mayor, we all become mayor."

-- Ras Baraka

“When I finally decided to do the show, I only had two weeks to learn the choreography and the songs in French.”
“I see myself as a roving mosquito, choosing it's target.”

Source : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.
“Maybe I'm lucky to be going so slowly, because I may be going in the wrong direction”
“I think the whole thing is kind of sad, honestly, in the same way that our civilization - particularly the consumers of pop culture - has grown so used to an emasculated, bare-chested leading man that something like simply growing a mustache can impress people.”
“I came to Houston for a job, the reason most people move halfway across the country with a first grader and a five-week-old. I came here to teach at Rice.”
“If you miss the bus, miss the train, youâ€™d be left behind. So everyone says, letâ€™s get on the train, letâ€™s get on the bus and go faster and get rich... I just didnâ€™t like that kind of lifestyle. I love to read books, to listen to music.”
“Success isnÂ´t guaranteed, but failure is certain if you arenÂ´t truly emotionally invested in your work.”
“Emotions are raised in us, not only by the qualities and actions of others, but also by their feelings. I cannot behold a man in distress, without partaking of his pain; nor in joy, without partaking of his pleasure.”

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