John David Washington Quotes
I was ignorant before I did my research of a lot of African American police officers out there who are doing their job and doing it the right way.
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I think a lot of young girls see actresses, and they think of red carpets, and they think of 'Us Weekly,' and they don't really think about the breaking down of a script and what that requires and what you would need to pull it off.
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Whatever life lesson I'm going through at any point in my life, projects just somehow magically appear that help me work through it.
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What can a pencil do for all of us? Amazing things. It can write transcendent poetry, uplifting music, or life-changing equations; it can sketch the future, give life to untold beauty, and communicate the full-force of our love and aspirations.
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Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.
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God made a mistake with me. I'm actually black, trapped in a white body.
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The Koran was revealed at a time of great change in the Arab world, the seventh-century shift from a matriarchal nomadic culture to an urban patriarchal system.
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Antonio Berardi is one of my good friends.
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As with any moderately famous person, footballers are the source of much gossip. In fact, I'd go as far as to say they are targeted. The fun part as their partner is not knowing who, or what, to believe.
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Well I like everything but my first love has always been piano because when I started out there was a piano in my house and it was there so I just started tinkling on it really so it's always been my first love.
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There are 309 million people out there that are trying to improve their lot in life. And we've got a system that allows them to do it.
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Someone once told me I looked good in red, so I bought every piece of clothing in red and bright-red lipstick. I had huge hair, as big as I could tease it and spray it.
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If you think that by threatening me you can get me to do what you want... well, that's where you're right. But - and I am only saying this because I care - there's a lot of decaffeinated brands on the market that are just as tasty as the real thing.
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We solve last year's problems without thinking about the future.
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Whichever party is in office, the Treasury is in power.
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Afghanistan has moved forward and Afghanistan will defend itself. And the progress that we have achieved, the Afghan people will not allow it to be put back or reversed.
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Every now and then a man's mind is stretched by a new idea or sensation, and never shrinks back to its former dimensions.
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I never thought I would go to Gaza. It's incredibly difficult to get into, and when you get there, it's a war zone. Then they have this beach, and there's this incredible, vibrant beach culture there, which is something that I grew up with in Southern California.
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A lot of my fans are young and hip and enjoy my pop album and know the lyrics to those songs as well, which is a real compliment to me.
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Birds are, especially canaries, are super sensitive to hydrogen sulfide and sour gas.
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We look for the scrappy entrepreneur: the kind of person who will get things done without looking to spend money right away.
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I want my clients to trust me.
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I used to say I represented 33% of the strategic reserve of physicists in Congress.
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I think there's a lot of things that occur within the African-American community, that we would prefer to stay within the African-American community - that we get a little nervous when you start having scenes or dialogue that we know is going to be viewed and heard on a national or global scale.
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I was ignorant before I did my research of a lot of African American police officers out there who are doing their job and doing it the right way.
