Kerry Washington Quotes
I really try to let my friends into all of my life. They know that Red-Carpet Kerry is a version of Kerry, and they know that DNC Speaker Kerry is me.
Quotes to Explore
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My family background was deeply Christian.
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I wasn't rebellious. Other friends had far stricter parents and where there wasn't a relationship of respect and communication, they were usually the opposite; kids go to the other extreme.
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I think how Chicago plays a role in my life - it had such a role in my youth and the decisions that I made as a kid and formulated who I am as an artist early on.
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I know someone from growing up who is in jail right now for the rest of his life, but he was one of the sweetest people I ever knew.
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I read my books to writing workshops and friends, and I'm often focussed just on keeping them entertained. I never think about marketing at all.
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When I think about atheist friends, including my father, they seem to me like people who have no ear for music, or who have never been in love.
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One of the pleasantest things about book writing is that sometimes it brings one in touch with old friends.
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I live in Ireland near the sea, only one mile from where I grew up - that's good, since I've known many of my neighbours for between 50-60 years. Gordon and I play chess every day, and we are both equally bad. We play chatty, over-talkative bad bridge with friends every week.
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I like a quiet life.
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We are on red alert when it comes to how we are perceiving ourselves as a species. There's no desire to be an adult.
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Mother had committed me for life. This is where I felt betrayed the most.
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My mission in life is to preserve craftsmanship.
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I appreciate a lot in this life; the things you cannot buy. Life is only once. I am happy being here and all the things that are a risk I normally avoid.
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There is nothing more important in life than love.
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An ideal day for me is a combination of a fun-exciting creative moment with work partners, some laughs and games with my kids, a good surf session, and great conversation with friends around a meal.
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'Star Wars' hasn't changed my life at all.
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You wonder why I only talk about my personal life. But that's all I've ever done.
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My first album was called 'Badlands,' and it's something that I think I'm most proud of having done in my life.
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The best things in life are often waiting for you at the exit ramp of your comfort zone.
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I believe the equal rights amendment is a necessity of life for all citizens. The cabinet sometimes felt that I shouldn't be so outspoken.
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We would like to live as we once lived, but history will not permit it.
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The real guys that I knew were really cool people, who I played basketball with and traveled with on teams and knew their families and knew that they love their family. They just happen to do something that wasn't all the way legal, but it was a part of their life, and you knew that they hustled.
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I have cousins in North Carolina who talk in that old Southern style of 'yakking,' if you will. All the black men in my life when I was a boy talked that way, and I love that kind of talk.
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I really try to let my friends into all of my life. They know that Red-Carpet Kerry is a version of Kerry, and they know that DNC Speaker Kerry is me.
