Kerry Washington Quotes
I bring something to the table as a woman; I bring something to the table as a woman of color.
Quotes to Explore
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I suppose illustration tends to live in the streets, rather than in the hermetically sealed atmosphere of the museum, and consequently it has come to be taken less seriously.
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More than trends, consumers need functionality. Everything needs an element of fashion, but that's more like a spice.
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We always regret that we did not ask our parents more, really get to know them while they were alive.
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So, you know, parenting is a very intimate and amazing experience and one of the best experiences of my life.
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She knew what all smart women knew: Laughter made you live better and longer.
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Love is the difficult realization that something other than oneself is real.
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It seems to me that unless you or someone very close to you has had a bad head injury, you really can't fathom it. You have no concept of what it is all about. It was so difficult for my whole family, not just me.
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I've never had to pitch a movie to a studio. I usually just let people read the script, then I cast it. I always think pitching is for baseball.
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The international proletariat first appeared on the scene in the early Thirties of the nineteenth century, and its first great action was the French Revolution of 1848.
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Reason cannot calm the storm of emotion, and emotion usually wins, until it settles down and allows reason to rise again and apologize on behalf of it.
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I was a kid living in New Jersey, who – I'd wanted to make movies since I was a little kid, so that came before music for me. But I started playing drums just as a hobby, and I wasn't even really into jazz that much.
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I would rather listen to plays in the car than read them.
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I can't speak for boys because I'm not one! But I just imagine they think differently.
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Everyone wants to learn the same thing from painful situations: how to avoid repeating them.
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My parents don't have any showbusiness links. They are so far away from it.
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I have never savored life with such gusto as I do now.
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In some states, not even 50 percent of black boys finish high school.
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Popular music has always been rooted in the blues, whether it's Adele or Led Zeppelin or Sam Cooke. It's just the beat that changes.
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The treasure which you think not worth taking trouble and pains to find, this alone is the real treasure you are longing for all your life. The glittering treasure you are hunting for day and night lies buried on the other side of that hill yonder.
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I loved movies. They inspired me more than anything growing up and wanted to do for others what those movies have done for me. I do a lot of other creative stuff but am not very good at it.
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When I look at President Obama, I see a leader with a cool head, a caring heart and an open mind, a president who has demonstrated through his demeanor and through his deeds that he is uniquely qualified to heal our divisions, rebuild our nation and lead us to a brighter future together.
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I find every sect, as far as reason will help them, make use of it gladly: and where it fails them, they cry out, It is a matter of faith, and above reason.
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It seems at times I should be a composer of sounds, not only of rhythms and colors. Walking under the trees, I felt as if the color made sound.
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I bring something to the table as a woman; I bring something to the table as a woman of color.
