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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Most of us, if we're not careful, tend to dehumanize the enemy.
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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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Comedy can be harder because if you aren't making the audience laugh, they're going to turn on you quicker. They'll go along with mediocre drama more than they'll go along with mediocre comedy.
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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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The studio have always claimed that the ship is the star of the show, especially when they're renegotiating contracts.
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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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Obama's space policy doesn't differ much from George W. Bush's.
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There is nothing worse than having your personal problems become somebody else's entertainment.
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I get most of my inspiration from older records and older production styles, and that ends up rearing its head in the records that I make.
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My mother was sarcastic and delightful and, trust me, quite remarkable.
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When I was a kid I didn't feel like I fit in because - this is really silly and I probably shouldn't say it, but, I didn't think anything was funny. So I used to go home and literally cry to my mom and my step-dad at the time and I didn't think anything was funny. I couldn't laugh.
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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.
