Bokeem Woodbine Quotes

I typically don't get into predicting the success of my projects. I've been involved with a lot of projects that I thought should have really gained notoriety and furthered my career, only to be met with the cold grasp of disappointment. So I typically stay away from predicting how a film will do.

Bokeem Woodbine

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• People think that I have this wonderful hourglass figure, but I owe that to designer Tadashi Shoji because he cuts for me really well.

  

  Octavia Spencer
  • People
  • Think
  • Me

• The training of younger generations is very close to my heart.

  

  Fabiola Gianotti
  • Heart
  • Training
  • Close

• Entrepreneurship is the very back bone of our country and what makes us great - we are a nation of founders.

  

  Nancy Lublin
  • Great
  • Country
  • Back

• Warren Beatty once told me that if someone's really stuck on you, find them their next boyfriend. But I could never do that.

  

  Val Kilmer
  • Me
  • Never
  • Find

• When men are romantically interested in you, it's really simple. Just ignore everything they say and only pay attention to what they do.

  

  Randy Pausch
  • Men
  • Attention
  • Simple

• Only a few good leaders have paused to reflect seriously on being leaders.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Good
  • Seriously
  • Reflect

• I've found out how overwhelming the media is and the way it drills things into your head, it's almost like a mind control. If I could control prople's minds, I'd like to put something useful in.

  

  Natalie Merchant
  • Mind
  • Control
  • Media

• Football games on Friday nights followed by field parties every weekend was how I spent my high school years.

  

  Abbi Glines
  • School
  • High
  • Football

• Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat.

  

  Malcolm Forbes
  • You
  • Victory
  • Defeat

• It's fun to present stories that have a character that, really, everybody wants to be.

  

  Patrick Lussier
  • Character
  • Fun
  • Present

• Our policy is very clear: whatever policy will suit the people, whatever policy will suit the circumstances, whatever policy will suit my state.

  

  Mamata Banerjee
  • People
  • Circumstances
  • Will

• While the United States has largely been missing in action from the diplomatic game, the European Union and Iran have been making progress at developing a formula that would lead to the suspension of Iran's nuclear enrichment program and the start of serious negotiations.

  

  Earl Blumenauer
  • Game
  • Action
  • Serious

• It may be possible to gild pure gold, but who can make his mother more beautiful?

  

  Mahatma Gandhi
  • May
  • Mother
  • Beautiful

• With five chances on each hand and one unwavering aim, no boy, however poor, need despair. There is bread and success for every youth under the American flag who has energy and ability to seize his opportunity.

  

  Orison Swett Marden
  • American
  • Success
  • Opportunity

• I lost my faith in God when I lost my daughter to Cancer, the beast. I begged, I cried, I offered my life for hers, and day by day, I watched that beautiful little Angel slip off. So, excuse me for not taking my seat next to you on Sunday in Church, I feel too cheated to worship.

  

  Vince Neil Mötley Crüe
  • Life
  • God
  • Beautiful

• In addition to being the most beautiful score I have ever sung, 'Piazza' gave me the opportunity to honor the matriarchs of my Southern family.

  

  Victoria Clark
  • Family
  • Beautiful
  • Opportunity

• Believe it or not, I'm as much a fan of a supper shortcut as the next person.

  

  Yotam Ottolenghi
  • Believe
  • Person
  • Next

• You can't change anyone else, but people do change in relationship to your change.

  

  Jack Canfield
  • People
  • Change
  • Relationship

• The left has come to regard common sense - the traditional wisdom and folkways of the community - as an obstacle to progress and enlightenment.

  

  Christopher Lasch
  • Community
  • Wisdom
  • Progress

• Animals when in company walk in a proper and sensible manner, in single file, instead of sprawling all across the road and being of no use or support to each other in case of sudden trouble or danger.

  

  Kenneth Grahame
  • Support
  • Single
  • Road

• In general, life is better than it has ever been, and if you think that, in the past, there was some golden age of pleasure and plenty to which you would, if you were able, transport yourself, let me say one single word : Dentistry.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Life
  • Thinking
  • History

• Writing was something I always liked, but it wasn't a career until I was laid off from my executive position in my 30s. I started a website because I was bored, unemployed and angry.

  

  Jen Lancaster
  • Writing
  • Career
  • Angry

• If you look carefully, almost all Old Money secrets can be traced to a single source: a longer-term outlook.

  

  Bill Bonner
  • Source
  • Secrets
  • Old Money

• I typically don't get into predicting the success of my projects. I've been involved with a lot of projects that I thought should have really gained notoriety and furthered my career, only to be met with the cold grasp of disappointment. So I typically stay away from predicting how a film will do.

  

  Bokeem Woodbine
  • Career
  • Success
  • Disappointment