John David Washington Quotes
Whenever you're feeling moments of discomfort, that means true change is happening for you.
Quotes to Explore
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I wouldn't be where I am without Evolve.
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I've been really lucky with the people that I've gotten to work with. I learn a lot from them, just by watching them.
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Love is the difficult realization that something other than oneself is real.
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I don't use drugs, my dreams are frightening enough.
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For me, I love California. I feel like it's my second home in that I moved out by choice at eighteen. It gave me opportunities that I didn't have anywhere else.
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I used to trip over my legs and get detention for my too-short shorts because none fit. I still trip, but now I like to show them off.
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Swimming is my passion and something that I love.
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Oh I've done bungee jumping. Skydiving, I have motorcycles that I ride. I'm a little bit of an adrenaline junkie in that way.
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Everything must be carried out in extreme sobriety.
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Some women are smarter than men, and some aren't. But to suggest to women that they deserve dominance instead of equality is at best a cheap applause line.
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I have a garden, and I collect different heirloom seeds from different neighbors.
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Conflict is very much a state of mind. If you're not in that state of mind, it doesn't bother you.
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Problems will disappear as darkness disappears with the onset of light.
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China - if you think about what is the character of China, it's enormous scale. It's bigness.
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There are two ways of being creative. One can sing and dance. Or one can create an environment in which singers and dancers flourish.
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In the finance world, we used to spend all of our time looking backwards, reporting on what happened. Can I book it? What are the numbers? Now it's about looking into the future. It's about planning and integration. The role of finance is now that of a partner in the business.
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Most organisms have loads of junk DNA - less pejoratively, noncoding DNA - cluttering their cells.
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I have had the good fortune to be able to climb the highest mountain on each of the seven continents. I have enjoyed the freedom I had gained from building a successful business from scratch, making some money, and creating the lifestyle I wanted.
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I want people to learn what democracy means.
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I carry Yeats with me wherever I go. He's my constant companion. I always can find some comfort in Yeats no matter what the situation is. Months and months and months go by and I know I need to switch to Shelley or somebody else, but right now Yeats is enough for me.
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Vague a l'ame - melancholy yearning for the end of the world.
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Life is anything that dies when you stomp on it.
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The temple is a place of holiness. It is the most sacred and holy place on earth and should be treated with the greatest degree of reverence and respect.
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Whenever you're feeling moments of discomfort, that means true change is happening for you.
