John David Washington Quotes
Every time I was off school, I was in Carolina with my cousins. So it was a big influence on me. I actually experienced straight-up racism out there, too.
Quotes to Explore
-
When I wrote 'Fight Song,' I was in a particular low point. I needed to remind myself to not give up, that I still believed in myself and that I still had fight left.
-
People take things so seriously.
-
There are no benefactors in Canada because there is no incentive.
-
I wear the Jewish star, but I'm not - I haven't converted to Judaism, and I'm not - I'm not - I'm not Jewish in the conventional sense because the Kaballah is a belief system that predates religion and predates Judaism as an organized religion.
-
There was always the consolation that if I didn't like what I wrote I could throw it away or burn it.
-
I loved London. In the 1970s... it was very exciting, really wild.
-
I've dealt with a lot of couples over the years, and most cite the battle for closet and bathroom space as one of the most frequent causes of marital discord.
-
I know how to read people. When you grow up in a rough environment, you have to have a sixth sense.
-
The wonderful drama teacher at my high school, Barbara Patterson, saw me standing in the hall and told me I should audition for 'West Side Story.' I guess she thought I looked like a gang member.
-
Because pandemics almost always begin with the transmission of an animal microbe to a human, it's work that takes me all around the globe - from rain forest hunting camps of central Africa to wild animal markets of east Asia.
-
I hope to continue building my acting career and work more on projects that fulfill my artistic thirst.
-
You know, there's always someone in mind when I'm writing. You know, it's all comes from somewhere inside.
-
I've lived my life the way I wanted to, whether scaling the mountains, partying long into the night or having fun playing soccer.
-
In disposition the Negro is joyous, flexible, and indolent; while the many nations which compose this race present a singular diversity of intellectual character, of which the far extreme is the lowest grade of humanity.
-
No one really knows who I am or where I came from in America, and there's something quite nice about that.
-
It is easier for a man to be loyal to his club than to his planet; the bylaws are shorter, and he is personally acquainted with the other members.
-
The physics of water is central to cooking, because food is mostly water. All steak that you cook is actually boiled on the inside.
-
In college, I was a huge fan of 'Les Miserables.' I seem to remember that people who were into French literature preferred Hugo's poetry.
-
I don't know how much of a market there is for space opera. Just because it's in the movies doesn't mean magazines are buying it.
-
I'm not used to not having enough time to live with the songs. Usually, if I write something, I live with it for a little while.
-
I like people that can strap on a guitar and don't sweat the fact that you have to come up with a song in an hour. I want to work with someone who won't feel like they have to play along with Jason Molina. I want them to just have the confidence.
-
I think [Transcendental Meditation] is what people need. They don't need high minded talk, they need results.
-
I have preserved my identity, put its credibility to the test and defended my dignity. What good this will bring the world I don't know. But for me it is good.
-
Every time I was off school, I was in Carolina with my cousins. So it was a big influence on me. I actually experienced straight-up racism out there, too.
