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?Idris Elba
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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.
Garrett Hedlund -
People like me were supposed to be into exclusivity, unapproachable. That's what I hate most. I think it's very demode.
Karl Lagerfeld -
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.
Madeleine Stowe -
Being in water makes me relax instantly.
Gabriella Wilde -
Education is the largest and most important investment Utah makes.
Gary Herbert -
Every story I create, creates me. I write to create myself.
Octavia E. Butler
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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!
Jack Palance -
One minute, it seemed I had more movie offers than I could handle; the next – no one wanted me.
Sal Mineo -
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.
R. A. Salvatore -
Everyone at a party is uncomfortable. Knowing that makes me more comfortable.
Garry Shandling -
The rule of joy and the law of duty seem to me all one.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. -
I will only do a Hollywood film when there is something special offered to me.
Irrfan Khan
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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.
Iris DeMent -
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.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic -
For me, the music dictates the melody. Give me a riff to sing over, you know?
Zakk Wylde Black Label Society -
I don't know how to be a rapper. I just know how to be me.
Young Jeezy -
For me, it was very important to be part of a boxing film that actually explores the psychological aspects of the sport, more than just the physical aspects. I haven't seen boxing movies very often that really go so deep into the minds of the boxers. It really puts out how much it is about strategy and tactics and technique.
Edgar Ramirez -
Marketing is more important than it has ever been. But I'm trying to tear the layers back and make it not so contrived. I think people just want entertainment.
Usher
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If you had told me I'd be making 62 tomorrow, I'd say you were lying.
Aaron Neville -
We all allow each other to explore our individual things that make us happy, and so we're just being supportive of each other and making sure we focus on Fifth Harmony, and what's important to the group is important to all five of us.
Lauren Jauregui Fifth Harmony -
When people first meet me, they're always like, 'What are you?' as far as ethnicity. And I've been pegged as 'ethnically ambiguous.'
Malese Jow -
He describes it as a large apartment, with a red brick floor and a capacious chimney; the ceiling garnished with hams, sides of bacon, and ropes of onions.
Charles Dickens -
If I'm going to release anything into the world, I want it to have a positive message. So I think that 'Sit Still, Look Pretty' and 'Hide Away' were two upbeat pieces, and their messages really uplift me the most.
Grace Martine Tandon -
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?
Idris Elba