Denzel Washington Quotes
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Timidity does not inspire bold acts.
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I've never left them to go do a film. No, we all go together. I could never leave them. My kids are my whole world.
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Obviously, we're focused on the Winter Classic.
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Whatever our creed, we stand with admiration before the sublime character of Jesus.
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Iowa has sent notice that the Republican nominee for the next president of the United States will not be chosen by the media. Will not be chosen by the Washington establishment. Will not be chosen by the lobbyists. But will be chosen by the most incredible powerful force, where all sovereignty resides in our nation by we the people.
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And it's one thing to give people freedom and something else to deny the rights of Christians to assert their faith in order to keep Hindus from feeling upset.
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Look at how many North Carolina kids have played for me or tried out for me or coached with me. I've had Dennis Wuycik, Steve Previs, Billy Chamberlain, Donald Washington, Darrell Elston, Tommy LaGarde, Bobby Jones. You name it, I've had them. Whatever Coach has ever asked me to do, I've done. Because I love the school, and I worship him.
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Being a model, you're always the product of somebody else's vision.
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Service to others seems the only intelligent choice for the use of wealth.
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I like different statement jewelry, especially around the ears.
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Whenever I walk out on a stage, I'm begging for affection.
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I've been a victim in every film I have done so far. It would be nice to play someone who doesn't get killed for once. Then again, I am getting really good at screaming and fake tears.
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If I'm still walking, I am not dead. So I have to still walk and run towards the benefit of Lebanon.
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The books I love most are the ones that combine some sort of gripping story with really beautiful or stylish writing. Some of my favorites are 'The Road' by Cormac McCarthy, 'The Virgin Suicides' by Jeffrey Eugenides, 'The Interpreter of Maladies' by Jhumpa Lahiri, and 'Blindness' by Jose Saramago.
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I thought it was quite vain to say, I want to be a model.
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I thoroughly enjoy working with kids, whether it's The First Tee or the lesson tee with my grandkids.
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Don't try to be like somebody else. You'll be miserable. You need to be yourself, and don't ever get a big head.
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I ate better in Liberia than I did in Ohio.
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Even though I've had the body of work I've had, and the success I've had, I do not rest on my laurels whatsoever.
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My father didn't know his real name. My father got his name from his grandfather and he got his name from his grandfather and he got it from the slave master.
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In any story, drama may be intensified by the characters realizing by how narrow a margin they had managed to succeed - that is, where coincidence played a role. This is one of the more realistic ways to use coincidence because rarely do we realize how important a coincidental event is until after the fact.
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Activist Supreme Courts are not new. The Dred Scott decision in 1856, imposing slavery in free territories; the Plessy decision in 1896, imposing segregation on a private railroad company; the Korematsu decision in 1944, upholding Franklin Roosevelt’s internment of American citizens, mostly Japanese Americans; and the Roe decision in 1973, imposing abortion on the entire nation; are examples of the consequences of activist Courts and justices.
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I work hard for the audience. It's entertainment. I don't need validation.
