Chiwetel Ejiofor Quotes
The Second World War simplified things like race, and people came down on very clear lines.Chiwetel Ejiofor
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Jewish, black, Filipino, whatever the specificity is, it's specificity that makes a good story. And I think people are tired of seeing the same old shtick on network television. It's just a group of white people hanging out talking about their jobs. Who cares? We've seen that.
Rachel Bloom -
I don't know if I would say that I'm specifically a history buff. I do find a lot of things fascinating, especially anything that's bizarre or mysterious and unknown and we don't have all the answers for.
Oren Peli -
Sometimes I think we're alone. Sometimes I think we're not. In either case, the thought is staggering.
R. Buckminster Fuller -
Some talk shows have become so exploitive and tabloid, I wonder if I can believe some of their guests. Where do they find these guests, and why do they deserve air time?
Vicki Lawrence -
If I were president, I am not sure that I would offer Ed Rendell the job of chief of staff.
Ed Rendell -
It's in literature that true life can be found. It's under the mask of fiction that you can tell the truth.
Gao Xingjian
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I think the key to getting rid of illegal immigration, no matter where its coming from, is that you need to have a good legal apparatus for immigration.
Rand Paul -
You will find in me a loyal head of state who is ready listen and understand, warn and advise as well as to defend the public interest at all times.
Felipe VI of Spain -
Take pride in your work at all times. Remember, respect for an umpire is created off the field as well as on.
Ford Frick -
Glamour is about feeling good in your own skin.
Zoe Saldana -
I talk in subjects and verbs, and sort of wind around in concentric circles until I get far enough away from the beginning so that I can call it the end, and it ends.
Garrison Keillor -
I'm a historian in my own mind.
Quentin Tarantino
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Growing up in Nashville, especially in a music business family, means growing up with knowledge that seems like common sense until later in life when you realize people spend thousands of dollars a semester trying to learn or pretending to learn while looking for some intern job on music row.
Caitlin Rose -
It's tricky, performing the show live. Because when you're in a big auditorium, in front of 700 people, the natural tendency is to want to talk louder. You want to project.
Ira Glass -
The integrity of the federal procurement system needs to be protected so that the public has confidence in government contracts, and small businesses have every opportunity to compete.
Sam Graves -
I don't like Botox. It makes a very strange forehead.
Carine Roitfeld -
Life is fleeting, and permanence in this world is something we all strive for. The best way to achieve permanence is through philanthropy.
Ram Shriram -
Perhaps one of the most difficult things for us to do is to choose a notable and joyous dress for men. There would be more joy in life if we were to accustom ourselves to use all the beautiful colours we can in fashioning our own clothes.
Oscar Wilde
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Even when we tell kids to go play, what do the kids do? They come up with a set of constraints and structures. "Oh, we're gonna build a fort out of clothes, and now that we're in the fort we're going to pretend that we're prisoners," or whatever.
Ian Bogost -
In the world a man lives in his own age; in solitude in all ages.
William Mathews -
It is wrong to ask for more than you give freely. In this way, we come to resemble what we hate.
Stephen R. Donaldson -
To be known by the public, honestly. People come up and tell them how good I make them feel.
David Alan Grier -
The Second World War simplified things like race, and people came down on very clear lines.
Chiwetel Ejiofor