Jeffrey Wright Quotes

I'm not sure whether Los Angeles borders on the ocean or on oblivion. I always feel that I'm two steps away from the other side when I'm out there. It's more like a vacation place or a place to visit than a place to hunker down.

Jeffrey Wright

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• At every turn, small businesses should be encouraged to compete. When they do, we all win.

  

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• Fortunately there is more wealth in the world than there was at the time of the global economic crisis of 1929 - Chinese, Indian, Arab and Russian.

  

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• Television is democracy at its ugliest.

  

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• I got drunk when I was five. Everybody gets drunk before they're 21.

  

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• Win or lose, we go shopping after the election.

  

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• A woman is never sexier than when she is comfortable in her clothes.

  

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• It was always my dream to be part of MTV and make history.

  

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• Husbands and wives, first be faithful to each other. Second, keep the romance going all of your life by courting each other every day.

  

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• My father was my trainer, my teacher. He was closer to my sister in the sense that she adored him and he adored her. He was more like my pal. Because of the 13-year gap, I think by the time I came along, it wasn't a big deal. I wasn't spoilt or cherished, I was just put to work.

  

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• Human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning.

  

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• It contributes greatly towards a man's moral and intellectual health, to be brought into habits of companionship with individuals unlike himself, who care little for his pursuits, and whose sphere and abilities he must go out of himself to appreciate.

  

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• A lasting two-state solution requires two credible partners, and not just one side - Israel - taking superficial steps simply to placate world opinion.

  

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• My own belief is that there is hardly anyone whose sexual life, if it were broadcast, would not fill the world at large with surprise and horror.

  

  W. Somerset Maugham
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• It is dangerous for mortal beauty, or terrestrial virtue, to be examined by too strong a light. The torch of Truth shows much that we cannot, and all that we would not, see.

  

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• I love spending time researching a character and reading about them.

  

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• Ocean is more ancient than the mountains, and freighted with the memories and the dreams of Time.

  

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• I'm not sure whether Los Angeles borders on the ocean or on oblivion. I always feel that I'm two steps away from the other side when I'm out there. It's more like a vacation place or a place to visit than a place to hunker down.

  

  Jeffrey Wright
  • Ocean
  • Vacation