Idris Elba Quotes
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I'm hard on myself. I'm my biggest critic.
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When I was, like, 16, I went in to the head of Disney, and I hadn't taken acting class really at all, and I didn't know what I was doing, and it was really embarrassing. Of course, you think Disney wants over-the-top and funny, and I was just trying to be over-the-top and funny, and it just wasn't working, and that was the worst.
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I'm not running for state Senate because I wanted to become a politician. I'm running because I wanted to serve.
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Coffee and smoking are the last great addictions.
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I just like to stay a little quiet and just do my own thing. If I win a little more, I think I'll get a little bit more attention.
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One of the first pieces of advice I was ever given, on my first job was, you should always buy something to treat yourself to say well done for getting the job! However I've not followed on that through yet... I've always wanted a tattoo, something to mark my experience.
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That term, 'David and Goliath,' has entered our language as a metaphor for improbable victories by some weak party over someone far stronger.
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Grilling is an easy tradition to start at any age! To get started, one only needs a modest investment in equipment and a little bit of outdoor space.
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The day you settle for less is the day you will get less.
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As a child in the rural district of Penal I remember sharing meals from the same pot with neighbours of different racial, ethnic, social and economic backgrounds.
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I would venture to warn against too great intimacy with artists as it is very seductive and a little dangerous.
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Every sport has its own cast of characters.
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I don't know how much the other fighters make. But I need to tell you that, for myself, money is not the first consideration.
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Today, we face another major potential attack on our country. This attack is not a hijacked plane or bomb, although that remains a threat; rather, it is a cyber attack.
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Sleep is the best meditation.
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Because of my own family's service (in the U.S. Army, Navy, and Massachusetts and New York National Guard), I am a strong supporter of the military and do believe that there are just wars.
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The United Nations has become a place where many countries seek to achieve a lynching of the United States by resolution.
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Elite athletes learn entitlement. They believe they are entitled to have women serve their needs. It's part of being a man. It's the cultural construction of masculinity.
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I found out my limit. I'm not a singer and a dancer.
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Life in clubs is no paltry sign of the times we live in. Here gentlemen gamble with others whom they would not dream of inviting to their homes.
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It was a perfect night for a train. The occasional whistle told Louis of all the farewells he had ever known.
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I was always open to whatever made me feel something, which allowed me to branch off to these other genres comfortably because it was genuinely who I was.
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It could be Grammy night, Oscar night, whatever - I don't feel the pressure to be there.
