Idris Elba Quotes
It was deeply important for me to understand where Mandela came from. Because we know where he was going, and that's a famous story, but who was he? Where did he come from? What was his upbringing?
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I've been told I'm too good looking for certain roles, but that's okay, it just motivates me to go deeper.
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People like me were supposed to be into exclusivity, unapproachable. That's what I hate most. I think it's very demode.
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For the first two weeks of filming, I remember bristling at some of the occurrences on the set, none of which directly involved me. Then I surrendered to the environment, to Michael's method, and became much happier, even though no one knew what to expect.
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Being in water makes me relax instantly.
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Education is the largest and most important investment Utah makes.
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Every story I create, creates me. I write to create myself.
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One of the most important reasons for living is to do something - live outside of yourself and put together an idea, an idea that you want to explore and then complete... Awaken your creative sensitivities!
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One minute, it seemed I had more movie offers than I could handle; the next – no one wanted me.
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If everything gets too serious for me on the album, I get kinda bored. I've got to have some kind of jovial things in there.
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Here's the thing, for me at least: this is a huge genre now. It wasn't always so. Not so many years ago, it wasn't so. There is a tremendous diversity in fantasy today.
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Everyone at a party is uncomfortable. Knowing that makes me more comfortable.
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The rule of joy and the law of duty seem to me all one.
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I will only do a Hollywood film when there is something special offered to me.
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I never set out to write songs about the world around me... it just kind of came about as a result of paying more attention to things.
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People are very curious and have written a lot of things about me. Right or not. I never comment on those things, because it's not much of my thing to comment on everything that's written about me.
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For me, the music dictates the melody. Give me a riff to sing over, you know?
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I don't like giving up hits and stuff, but I try not to show it. I don't want the hitter to see that something bothers me.
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I don't know how to be a rapper. I just know how to be me.
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I think the most important thing is to have fun, and not to take things too seriously. Once you start doing that, then you'll start to crumble.
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Records... a record just shouldn't be that important.
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Robotic toys can be very interesting, but it is important that the toy not 'dictate' how the child should play with it. Rather, it should take its cues from the child and enhance, teach, and enrich the play experience. We incorporated some of these features into a robotic baby doll we built for Hasbro in 1999.
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Only the journey matters.
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It was deeply important for me to understand where Mandela came from. Because we know where he was going, and that's a famous story, but who was he? Where did he come from? What was his upbringing?
