Chiwetel Ejiofor Quotes
Since I started acting, I always or often find work takes precedence with me. And that is not necessarily a great rule for life.
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At one point, I had a story accepted at the 'New Yorker,' which sent off weird bells in people when I told them - 'Oh,' they thought, 'now you are a writer' - where I really had been for the last 30-odd years.
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All genius is a conquering of chaos and mystery.
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I got addicted to Tetris, playing it in my basement, I was missing all these airplane flights over it. After the fourth one that I missed, I realized I needed to get rid of this thing - so ever since then, I don't play video games any more.
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I'm proud of my hard work. Working hard won't always lead to the exact things we desire. There are many things I've wanted that I haven't always gotten. But, I have a great satisfaction in the blessings from my mother and father, who instilled a great work ethic in me both personally and professionally.
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My father is actually a quarry man - he deals in stone. He also at one point had a lot of sheep, he owned a sheep farm, but primarily the family business was in stone.
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I've got a PowerPoint deck that I use for internal presentations, and there's a slide on it that asks, 'What percentage of your game is combat versus exploration versus puzzle solving versus platforming,' and I refuse to answer that question.
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Skid Row would probably be my favorite Jersey band.
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When I got my Oprah money, the first thing I bought was a really nice electronic bidet toilet seat.
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Race differences show up early in life.
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There's so much pressure, but I think if you really love it, if you truly love it, and it's your passion to sing, then that's what will get through. I think if you don't have that, you'll realise quickly.
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The reason grandparents and grandchildren get along so well is that they have a common enemy.
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I don't know why, but I respond well to tortured characters.
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I don't turn my nose up at anything. If it's a great part, it's a great part. I'd love to do a box-office hit.
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A lasting two-state solution requires two credible partners, and not just one side - Israel - taking superficial steps simply to placate world opinion.
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If people want to find me, they can. They'll see a middle-aged woman wandering around the grocery store, looking to see what to buy for dinner.
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Tiny quails may not seem as impressive as a mammoth turkey, but there is something refreshing about a spread of individual birds on the Christmas table.
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An artist's sphere of influence is the world.
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Honesty and loyalty are key. If two people can be honest with each other about everything, that's probably the biggest key to success.
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The general fact is that the most effective way of utilizing human energy is through an organized rivalry, which by specialization and social control is, at the same time, organized co-operation.
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Supporting mental wellness is crucial to any goal of decreasing gun violence in America.
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I think there's this idea that lipstick is something quite old or something you'd only wear at night.
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I really like to experiment. That's the only way I can work. It's instinctive.
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Man's loneliness is but his fear of life.
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Since I started acting, I always or often find work takes precedence with me. And that is not necessarily a great rule for life.
