John David Washington Quotes
Like acting, undercover detective work requires a lot of performance. There's just more pressure because it's life-or-death situations.
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I would love to work with Raju Hirani. I never thought I would have a wish-list of directors as such, but after seeing the consistency of his storylines and the human touch he gets in his film, I would love to work with him.
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Sexual harassment at work... is it a problem for the self-employed?
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I don't hide. I never have. I stay at home because I like to stay at home, and at home I work.
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Everything that you read is an influence on everything you write, and you want to draw as many elements into your work as you can.
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Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!
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I feel like I know so little, and I just hope I get to live so long. I came to puberty late; it's all been late.
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In L.A., it's easy to get wrapped up in this young Hollywood mess. You feel like you have to go out every night. You have to realize that you're here to work. I didn't move out here to party all the time.
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Character is supreme in life, hence Jesus stood supreme in the supreme thing - so supreme that, when we think of the ideal, we do not add virtue to virtue, but think of Jesus Christ, so that the standard of human life is no longer a code but a character.
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One in four children being victimized? That's about seven children in every classroom. That's a significant proportion of the population.
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You can learn new things at any time in your life if you're willing to be a beginner. If you actually learn to like being a beginner, the whole world opens up to you.
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I want to live my life, not record it.
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I've never seen hard work fail.
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Intellectuals are people who manage the world in their head. They look at life and try to see some kind of truth, and if they cannot find it, they attempt to create it.
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It's an amazing experience to work with Hrithik. He is one of the finest actors, and there is a reason for it. He is extremely hardworking and fully dedicated.
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Both music and acting are huge parts of my life - it's all about balance.
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I have no interest in making a work that doesn't elicit a feeling.
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The world is now aware that the most unavoidable and most dangerous weapon that exists is the blind decisiveness of a man ready to sacrifice his life for an obscure cause.
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Give thought to life and liberty.
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Some people go off to an ashram or they, you know, have a midlife crisis and buy a sports car. For me, I do 'Hedwig,' and I see it's a midlife crisis maybe, and I see what's next. And it's a good trampoline, maybe, into the next part of my life.
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Nothing is more endangered in the modern world than the powerful combination of hard work toward meaningful goals joined with an exuberant embrace of the present moment.
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I became very close with Charles Bronson and his wife, Kim. We did 'Sea Wolf' together along with Christopher Reeve. I've been lucky enough to work with some amazing, legendary actors. I worked with Rod Steiger twice, for instance.
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It's about cultural forums and movements and collectives of people taking a stand. That's all activism is.
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Like acting, undercover detective work requires a lot of performance. There's just more pressure because it's life-or-death situations.
