David Oyelowo Quotes
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It's a hard life... but if I could, I would do it all again.
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The story of Harold Fry and his unlikely pilgrimage began as an afternoon play for radio. For many years, I have been writing plays and adapting novels for 'Woman's Hour' and the 'Classic' series. So this was originally a three-hander play, broadcast one sunny afternoon on BBC Radio 4.
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Conversations are the most direct way to connect with people.
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Governments are not running the show anymore. Scumbag Entrepreneurs are, and they have a harsh and ruthless agenda.
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We must ensure that technology is accessible, affordable, and adds value.
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And I'm a pretty positive person - I don't put a lot of energy into worrying, and I'm not a person who lives in a great deal of fear.
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Under the pressure of the cares and sorrows of our mortal condition, men have at all times, and in all countries, called in some physical aid to their moral consolations - wine, beer, opium, brandy, or tobacco.
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Disease is the tax which the soul pays for the body, as the tenant pays house-rent for the use of the house.
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It's not so much religion per se, it's false certainty that worries me, and religion just has more than its fair share of false certainty or dogmatism. I'm really concerned when I see people pretending to know things they clearly cannot know.
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I'm at a loss for words. But even my loss is amplified.
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Filmmaking is not a job but a social responsibility for me.
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The sixty-minute drama form has become very rich.
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My mother was the influence on me - my father was absent. He was a diamond dealer; he was doing wonderful things in the background, and women were left at home. So my mother really was in charge of everything: the ballet, dance lessons, piano lessons, and latkes.
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Thomas Tuchel is a coach who can work in the long-term.
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I work hard and I play hard, too. There is nothing wrong with that.
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If you're not buying recycled products, you're not really recycling.
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I have my permanent muses and my muses of the moment.
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I have always been interested in fashion and even contemplated being a fashion designer at one point of time.
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History has shown that a government's redistribution of shrinking wealth, in preference to a private sector's creation of new sources of it, can prove more destructive than even the most deadly enemy.
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The fact is, we need markers in life, whether we subscribe to a religion or not. And the major holidays, such as Christmas, serve to remind us of the turning world.
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My mother said I would have more chances to become a tennis player than a football player.
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I've really fought to get into rooms, and I'm a big believer in auditioning. It's hard, because I'm insecure, but I have an intense desire to prove myself to people.
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Success is the most important to many, to me it's just a bonus.
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I love tennis, love it!
