“But I really want to be an artist, so therefore I have to live a little bit like a monk.” Quote by John Lone
“I am not well educated or bright enough to be politically clued in, but I hope in the film that I'm going to shock a few people, win a lot of people over.” PeopleWellsEnoughFilmWinningEducatedShockClueWell Educated Author:John Lone
“I didn't have parents, so I lived in people's homes... And because I grew up with no parental role models, I learned to become my own friend, eventually my own father and my own mother.” PeopleHomeMotherFatherParentMy OwnRolesGrewGrew UpModelsRole ModelsParental Author:John Lone
“I grew up with art from the innocent age of ten - with art, but with no sense of identity.” ArtAgeIdentityGrewTenGrew UpInnocentInnocence Author:John Lone
“I have not lived so abundantly, full of family, full of continuity and history.” Continuity Author:John Lone
“I know people look at me and try to make conclusions about me immediately, based on the obvious, let's say.” PeopleKnowsTryingLooksObviousConclusionLook At Me Author:John Lone
“I never grew up with a mother's hand - that's why I will forever be insecure, I think, in that primal way.” ThinkingWayHandsMotherForeverGrewGrew UpInsecurityInsecurePrimal Author:John Lone
“I really need to be alone. I can't deal with someone sleeping next to me.” NeedsI CanNextSleepDeals Author:John Lone
“Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can.” BlackRacismExcuseAfrican AmericanDo The BestBlack HistoryBlack History MonthAfrican American WomenBlack History Month InspirationalAfrican American HistoryAfrican American LoveAfrican American InspirationalAfrican American History MonthBlack RacismEthnic Identity Author:Arthur Ashe
“We blacks look for leadership in men and women of such youth and inexperience, as well as poverty of education and character, that it is no wonder that we sometimes seem rudderless.... We see basketball players and pop singers as possible role models, when nothing could be further, in most cases, from their capacities.” MenWellsLooksSometimesCharacterSeemsLeadershipEducationWonderPovertyRolesCasesPlayerYouthBasketballModelsMen And WomenCapacityPopsSingersRole ModelsBasketball PlayerInexperience Author:Arthur Ashe