John David Washington Quotes
There are a lot of Washingtons that have played football. I could just blend in more and carve out my own name quietly.
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There are still some natural forces that everybody understands. Technology and industry have distanced people from nature and magic and human values.
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Everyone will be happier if fewer women are tied to abusive men, drop out of school, and live impoverished lives because of a random pregnancy.
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The time is right for electric cars - in fact the time is critical.
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There really is no difference between the bully and the victim.
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I can go to a country song, go right into it and make it sound authentic. And I think that's because of my ear as an impressionist.
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Urban America is like a foreign country in a sense.
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Don't get me wrong, I love watching episodes of my favorite shows on Hulu and reading the daily trash on PageSix, but I also embrace the opportunity to settle down with a good book and let my mind travel to another place and time.
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The reactions of organic magnesium compounds are of two kinds - reactions of substitution and reactions of addition.
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The differences between a tart, a pie and a quiche are a blur.
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Athletes, like everyone else, at times take supplements but just have to consult your doctors and work on that. It's a process, but it's achievable... It's my job to be healthy.
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I think cinema is closer to allegories than to reality. It's closer to our dreams.
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I wanted to be an academic when I was 19 or 20. But, I've gone off that idea. The lifestyle is kind of lonely and isolated. I don't think that would suit me.
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The process of writing a book is so removed in my mind from the process of publishing it that I often forget for great stretches that I eventually hope to do the latter.
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I definitely want to teach my daughter Spanish.
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If you make a wrong move with explosives, it could be deadly. If you're there when they blow up the beach, you get blown up, too. So you need to get your job done correctly... then pull the fuse with enough lag time for you to clear the area completely and get picked up by the small boats.
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The rising costs of higher education coupled with the stress of paying student loans are putting increasing pressure on students.
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You can't look at the dollar and say, 'I'm not what I dreamed of being unless I do this type of movie and it's a blockbuster that gives me this amount of dollars.' That's not good.
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I'm someone who believes in 'live and let live,' and that applies to everything.
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The thing is to appreciate the fragile wonder of it all, down to the last breath, down to the dying embers of consciousness.
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You cannot go far alone. You enjoy your journey better if you have people by your side.
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I get treated like a princess in India. It is like a different world.
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An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.
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I think some people record songs and make records a certain way to cater to radio. If you're born to make commercial music that's cool. But if you're born to not make commercial records, maybe you're meant to cater to another market.
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There are a lot of Washingtons that have played football. I could just blend in more and carve out my own name quietly.
