David Oyelowo Quotes
Considering that I'm British and I talk the way I do, I love it when a director takes a chance on me.
Quotes to Explore
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Every art expression is rooted fundamentally in the personality and temperament of the artist.
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It's very good for you, riding. You know how every model is like, 'I do yoga.' Well, I find horses to have the same effect, in that you have to put your ego aside and concentrate on making the horse do the things you want it to do, and move in the way you want it to move - particularly if you're doing dressage.
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We've got great fans that rock and roll won't have, because you can have a one-hit record and country music used to, not so much anymore and you have a fan forever.
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I was about five years old when I was eating soup in our kitchen, and as I was lifting the spoon towards my mouth, it bent and broke in half.
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I can't really recall the first time I was noticed by a producer but the first time I was on television was doing Daytime for Another World, which I started in December '75 and went until December '76.
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I can still put down some pretty nasty stuff on paper, which is what I enjoy doing.
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When anyone tells me I can't do anything... I'm just not listening any more.
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I kind of have the most amazing fans ever. They are the most committed, passionate people, and I love them so much.
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Poverty is not the simple result of bad geography, bad culture, bad history. It's the result of us: of the ways that people choose to organize their societies.
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I love getting after that quarterback! That's my deal: sacking the quarterback.
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I think of feminism as more of a political ideology.
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With the power of conviction, there is no sacrifice.
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I have no fear nor shrinking; I have seen death so often that it is not strange or fearful to me.
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The fact that President Obama gave up his public holiday (today is the President’s Day) and held the US-Asean Leaders Summit has shown Washington’s recognition towards the importance of Asean
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Rich countries have 'kicked away the ladder' by forcing free-market, free-trade policies on poor countries. Already established countries do not want more competitors emerging through the nationalistic policies they themselves successfully used in the past.
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The doctrine of the Second Coming has failed, so far as we are concerned, if it does not make us realize that at every moment of every year in our lives Donne's question 'What if this present were the world's last night?' is equally relevant.
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Music is like magic. There's a certain feeling you get when you real and you spit and people are feelin' your shit.'
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Honestly, at the end of every season, we sit down and review where we're at.
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My advice to Hillary would be to divorce that chump.
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Most days it feels as if the world is whirling around me and I am standing still. In slow motion, I watch the colors blur; people and faces all become a massive wash.
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I love when actors can let go of where and how they have to do it, and just that we do it. That we are flawed and human, and don't worry about how we look or who we are, or that it seems too old of a character if we're still young.
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I've done some collaborations which have ended up like Chinese whispers, but the most successful was with Tilda Swinton... Together we transcended our previous work and made something better together than we could have done apart.
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Considering that I'm British and I talk the way I do, I love it when a director takes a chance on me.
