Denzel Washington Quotes
Where I think the most work needs to be done is behind the camera, not in front of it.
Quotes to Explore
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The entire time I was up shooting 'Suits,' I was running back to my trailer to help get 'Nine Circles' produced. It's a no-brainer for me to keep that part of life alive.
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And I am a conservative. Sometimes conservatives forget we are supposed to conserve, to save, to be efficient. Plus our dependence on other sources of energy is causing our country to not be independent and to really be vulnerable. So this is a security issue.
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To this day, I've never figured out a single locked-room mystery.
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Poetry is an art, the easiest to dabble in, but the hardest to reach true excellence.
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In 1255, Louis IX of France presented an elephant to Henry III of England to add to the menagerie of exotic animals he kept in the Tower of London.
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We are saved by grace, not by the works of the law. But don't be so quick to write the law off.
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I'm moved by people who see the world differently than others. People who see the world with a longing for its poetry often can be broken people.
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My mom was an actress in the local Seattle theater doing experimental plays.
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I remember looking back on a photo of me... wearing a suit that was, like, two sizes too big for me. I think a lot of guys don't know what fits.
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Religion and art spring from the same root and are close kin. Economics and art are strangers.
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It is unfair to label me anti-Islam. I am an atheist and a secular humanist.
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I have always been interested in design, but in the beginning I didn't set out to make jewelry specifically.
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Basically, my idea and explorations on fashion have not changed; however, I believe I'm going state-of-the-art on fashion.
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Everyone thinks when they start writing that they can't do it. I was lucky. My sister Delia was the most important person in terms of encouraging me.
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They defended the grains of sand in the desert to the last drop of their blood.
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If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women.
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South Africa is labouring to find its revolutionary path; the colours of the Rainbow Nation have difficulty blending together; the wealthy elites (white, black or Indian) profit from de facto segregation.
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You can't avoid being an egotistical person and ultimately somewhat narcissistic. You can try to curb it by recognizing that behavior. But at the same time, your repetitive behavior has its own psychology, and it's impossible to get out of that.
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The number of children in the world is not growing, and so we eventually have a chance to stabilize the population at around 10 billion. We have the technology and wherewithal to feed and provide energy for this many people.
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I've only ever tried to be me.
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I don't think the written word is important in movies anymore and the really great movies are done by great directors who in many cases write their own scripts. I think it's gotten to be more of a visual thing than an audible thing.
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I think I've learned the difference between the things I can control and the things I can't control. And hopefully, by doing the things I can control well, I'll have more favor in the other category.
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Where I think the most work needs to be done is behind the camera, not in front of it.
