Kerry Washington Quotes
When you have things that are very important to you in life, when there are things you want to do and be - that takes work. It takes work to show up for your own story and show up for the dream and vision you have for yourself.
Quotes to Explore
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I think most families have a few secrets or some strange aspect to their history. We're all fascinated by family dynamics, but I'd much rather sit in an audience and watch someone else's problems!
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Being American and being an outsider at the same time, it's a perspective I often bring to a character.
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My attitude is always one of sensuality, aggressive enthusiasm and a kind of outrageousness in my expression.
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There has to be a global mission of human progress.
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If you taste something, you're not at the maximum of your ability. What I think about in competition is temperature and texture. It has nothing to do with taste or emotion.
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I've always thought of myself as a character actor, even though I've played some leading-man roles.
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Somebody gave me this drum machine and somebody else asked me to program something for a project. I really liked programming and I was really interested in using the drum machine.
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The problem with the focus on speculators, as was demonstrated during the financial crisis, is that it tends to divert attention from the real villains. During the financial crisis, the villains were the actions of the banks, not the speculators betting on bank share prices.
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I'm tempted by everything. My husband makes fun of me because every day it's a new food that I love. I have a weakness for butterscotch pudding, ice cream in any flavor and dark chocolate, although that's one thing I do keep in my house - 70% dark chocolate.
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Without doubt, machinery has greatly increased the number of well-to-do idlers.
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To suggest that you can't be both a mother who is completely in love with her babies, and a professional who is tough and tenacious, is ridiculous.
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I thoroughly enjoy working with kids, whether it's The First Tee or the lesson tee with my grandkids.
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There's six of us, and they didn't treat any of us different. They loved us the same. They treated us all the same, and I just want to be like them when I grow up.
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I know that there are many things I could do, but I'm not interested. It's more important to be loving and to have a lively mind.
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What really matters is who you are when you step on the field, and I will let my bat and my glove speak for themselves.
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My dad's funny. He's laid back and a cool guy.
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You lose the speed before the stamina.
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No matter where I am in the world, I will always be back home for Christmas.
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Never in my short career, I've never had that experience where I wasn't sure if I was acting or if it was real.
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Even as she’d come to know the real Ralston—the Ralston who was not cut from heroic cloth—Callie had failed to see the truth. And, instead of seeing her own heartbreak coming, she had fallen in love, not with her fantasy, but with this new, flawed Ralston.
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The real difference between a man's scientific judgments about himself and the judgment of others about him is he has added sources of knowledge.
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Family is everything.
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When you have things that are very important to you in life, when there are things you want to do and be - that takes work. It takes work to show up for your own story and show up for the dream and vision you have for yourself.
