Chiwetel Ejiofor Quotes
I was able to go on stage and work until it felt right or felt good. It meant that I very quickly realised that it was the job for me.
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I have to be realistic about what I can and can't do. So whatever I do has to really be worth it. I like to master the things I do.
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My parents divorced when I was seven. Because divorce is messy, for good or ill, they sent me to boarding school.
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People first concern themselves with meeting their basic needs; only afterwards, do they pursue any higher needs.
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The essence of science is independent thinking, hard work, and not equipment. When I got my Nobel Prize, I had spent hardly 200 rupees on my equipment.
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Winning a gold medal is not easy but I believed in myself, especially over the last four years.
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No matter what political reasons are given for war, the underlying reason is always economic.
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In terms of 'Seinfeld', I think there's lot of reality in a show that's supposed to be about nothing.
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Forgiveness is a very personal and intimate thing. Forgiveness is not something that you can speak for others because it includes not only your desire and will, your reflection and intellect, but also your emotions.
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If we do a little bit of insight into history, how many times have there been people doing hate discourse, blaming everything on a certain group of people. That really is the genesis of genocide, where it kind of sparks.
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I'm not a good writer. It takes me a long time to get there. I write and then rewrite and revise and do it over and over until I'm satisfied.
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When the curtain falls, the best thing an actor can do is to go away.
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I love Adele; she's a timeless, classic beauty. I think she's beautiful. She's just a real woman.
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Thanks to President Obama for joining a unanimous Congress and signing S 2195 into law.
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Issues to do with disability, mental health and not being neurotypical often affect many genuine teenagers but are rarely reflected in the fiction they read.
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I've done my coaching badges, I've got my Pro Licence, but I enjoy what I'm doing now. I'm also the elite performance director of the Welsh FA. The main thing for me was always Liverpool Football Club and my country, Wales - and I'm lucky enough to still be involved with both of them.
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I always look at money not as a motivating factor but as an element in the composition. You can't ignore it, but you've got to be very careful that it's not motivating you.
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I have struggled all my life with my stuttering. Not to mention all my other speech impediments. I think I have every language disorder known to speech pathologists.
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Most of the competition was into bulk popcorn because of the major increases in the Drive-In Theatre Outlets.
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If something was to happen to part of my family, I don't know what I'd do.
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If you think the system - not you - but if your viewers think that the current political system is working well and serving the interest of our country, then what we're doing will not be attractive.
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I love speculating about solutions to problems in mathematics. I have no interest whatever in sudoku. But I do look at chess and bridge problems in newspapers. I find that relaxing.
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A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.
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'Aquarian Conspiracy' is the term I have coined for the network of people working for social transformation based on personal inner change. Such a notion is not at all alien to the American milieu.
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I was able to go on stage and work until it felt right or felt good. It meant that I very quickly realised that it was the job for me.
