Denzel Washington Quotes
If I am a cup maker, I'm interested in making the best cup I possibly can. My effort goes into that cup, not what people think about it.
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If we could all figure out a way to just be true to ourselves and have a good time doing what we're doing, it would be a lot more fun.
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I just find that there's something about looking back on interviews, whether for purposes of remembering what I said about something or if it's for posterity when I'm 75.
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Pat Riley, Dave Checketts and Ernie Grunfeld - they brought the Knicks back to the glory days. It started with Rick Pitino. We took our first step with him, making the playoffs. When Pat came in we just kicked the door open.
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Parents, teachers, and other school staff need the tools to help these young people early in their lives. And the earlier, the better. It is proven that early action prevents problems later in life.
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It's hard for me to view Baltimore outside the context of what Baltimore has always been in my mind: a violent place.
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My older kids are fantastic people. It can't be the result of my influence on them.
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I go back and forth between indie and studio because I feel like it, not because I feel obligated to do one or the other.
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It's very little trouble for me to accommodate my fans, unless I'm actually taking a pee at the time.
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I think everybody understands the fact that the right person will be cast for the role. So it's not theirs really to lose; they're just trying to find the right person.
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When I found this opportunity to answer the ad, I got the job and I've been there ever since.
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If I can help a kid feel more comfortable in their skin because they're struggling with maybe the things I struggled with in high school, that's great.
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Although my art work was heavily informed by my design work on a formal and visual level, as regards meaning and content the two practices parted ways.
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I think there's nothing that can drive you more than a huge dream or a huge challenge.
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Blinking is some way of tabulating - a kind of carriage return, click, or save to disk - that helps the process of 'Okay, now change the subject.' Every time you move your eyes, there's an interruption in the visual field - you go momentarily blind when your eyeballs are moving.
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It's easy not to bribe. But it's not so easy to keep a business running at the same time.
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I've been recognized very seldom. I think I just look different in person than I do as the character.
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Good architecture should be a projection of life itself, and that implies an intimate knowledge of biological, social, technical, and artistic problems.
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Speaking purely from a musical standpoint, I think I am a great performer.
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Things are not difficult to make; what is difficult is putting ourselves in the state of mind to make them.
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When you've known someone for so long you never lose that friendship.
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'Gravity' is a great example of a movie that we hope they're going to do more of. It's really entertaining, with a female star. It's not the kind of film you typically see, and gives me hope.
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I'm trying not to put myself into anything I'm not 100 percent confident about.
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If people would only talk about what they understood, Earth would be a very quiet place.
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If I am a cup maker, I'm interested in making the best cup I possibly can. My effort goes into that cup, not what people think about it.
