Denzel Washington Quotes
My faith helps me understand that circumstances don't dictate my happiness, my inner peace.
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I think India is very passionate about films. It's almost a second religion back home. Due to that, I think film stars are - are really held in great esteem. Not that we're complaining, but I think with that comes a lot of responsibility.
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I don't keep people around me that aren't family. You don't get to stay. Unless you're eating at the table with us, you're not part. We eat together, we cry together, we live together, we die together. Everything that we do is for each other, and we care for another.
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I joined a radical group at the age of 16 because I'm a passionate man; the good news is that I turned myself around since then. But my character is still quite free and passionate.
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I throw ideas out into the open when I really should just be writing them down in a journal.
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Through love one acquires renunciation and discrimination naturally.
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On my best days, such as when I was a junior in high school coming off a 42-point performance and near triple-double, my dad was there to tell me I haven't arrived yet and bring me back to reality.
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Don't dress to kill, dress to survive.
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'Mad' is a term we use to describe a man who is obsessed with one idea and nothing else.
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What a cool job to be part of - whether it's doing lighting or acting or serving food on set. You're part of telling a story that hopefully has an essential component, and that's super exciting to me.
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I enjoy passing time in my house. I'll get up, head out on the terrace, think about what to do, fool around oiling the floorboards or hanging pictures askew.
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Religious fundamentalists in Bangladesh have always argued for a ban on my books.
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In western countries, there are roles written for older actors. Films are made on them, including love stories.
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Some of the craziest people I've met, in my life, are some of the most brilliant people I've met.
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From the days of Cain and Abel, we know all too well there will always be evil. But that evil shouldn't take away our freedoms.
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The tech genie is out of the bottle; you can't put it back in.
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He is far too intelligent to become really cerebral.
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I wanted to be a professional baseball player.
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The journey matters as much as the goal.
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It just feels unnatural to me to broadcast anything other than the character I've created.
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I even had the illusion, for a very short time, that I could become a medium pace bowler.
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Passion is absolutely necessary to achieve any kind of long-lasting success. I know this from experience. If you don’t have passion, everything you do will ultimately fizzle out or, at best, be mediocre.
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There are certain yoga laws and principles that are, shall we say, less tangible than others. For example, the law of karma. Science has proven what goes up must come down, but that's about as far as it's gone. To believe that for every action, word, and thought, there is an equal consequence takes something more intuitive, more personal; it's more metaphysical.
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My faith helps me understand that circumstances don't dictate my happiness, my inner peace.
