Idris Elba Quotes
Now there are certain things you have to prepare - like dialect and special skills. But in the moment, interaction between two characters on the page doesn't need - for me, I don't need to prepare that.
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What is art? Art talks about life; it's subversive.
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If you worried about falling off the bike, you'd never get on.
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Never regret yesterday. Life is in you today and you make your tomorrow.
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The realities are, there are - you can be entertaining and you can be fun, and you can say things that actually appeal to people. You still have to figure out a way to get to 270 electoral votes. Get votes in Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina.
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I remember when I was 5 living on Pulaski Street in Brooklyn, the hallway of our building had a brass banister and a great sound, a great echo system. I used to sing in the hallway.
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I know it is the fans that are responsible for me being here. I've always tried in each and every broadcast to serve the fans to the best of my ability.
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I have written a lot about the fine arts, but I'd never written about the literary arts, and so on some level Dante really, you know, spoke to me, as new ground but also familiar ground.
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I don't know how to ground myself without the other actor present.
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What is Norah Jones' style? Is it just the albums that we've heard? She has a rock group where she plays guitar in, downtown in New York, so do we really know her style?
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Most artists, their 60th show was in front of no one. My first show was in front of 1,200 people.
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Our Bollywood stars who talk of being part of 100 crore films, I think I belong to the 1,000 crore club.
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If you want your children to bring original ideas into the world, you need to let them pursue their passions, not yours.
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The senior members of the royal family work very hard and I don't think people quite realise that.
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To discover the true principles of Morality, men have no need of theology, of revelation, or of gods: They have need only of common sense.
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There is only one thing for us to do, and that is to do our level best right where we are every day of our lives; To use our best judgment, and then to trust the rest to that Power which holds the forces of the universe in his hands.
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War is not merely a political act but a real political instrument, a continuation of political intercourse, a carrying out of the same by other means.
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It's very disincentivizing to have others take care of your needs.
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I don't feel under-taxed in any way at all.
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God is willing to walk the earth again incarnate in us.
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I wanted to be an academic when I was 19 or 20. But, I've gone off that idea. The lifestyle is kind of lonely and isolated. I don't think that would suit me.
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At the present moment, the security of coherent philosophy, which existed from Parmenides to Hegel, is lost.
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Children are one of the greatest lessons in happiness, constantly challenging us to enjoy the moment, as the next one will not be the same.
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Now there are certain things you have to prepare - like dialect and special skills. But in the moment, interaction between two characters on the page doesn't need - for me, I don't need to prepare that.
