Isaiah Washington Quotes
Becoming a junior usher at a black church was my entry into the wonder of worship.

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One reason we love fiction is because stories have a comforting shape. They provide a resolution that's lacking in our regular lives.
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If I'm coming in at 4:00 in the morning and my kids have been in bed since 8:00, 9:00, that's not setting a good example. The responsibility that I have kids inside my household has made me realize now that I have to be an example.
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Mike Leigh taught me about making choices - as an actor, you choose between being honest and clever, and with Mike, it's always about being honest. I learned how to behave on a film set from Jim Broadbent. He was a great example of someone with a fantastic career who kept his feet on the ground.
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If the lives of men can be measured in terms of years, ideologies in decades, and nations in centuries, then the unit measuring civilizations, born of the interaction among peoples, would be the millennium.
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I am not interested in the afterlife. Religion is supposed to be about losing your ego, not preserving it eternally in optimum conditions.
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You have to remember that I was a bright but simple fellow from Canada who seldom, if ever, met another writer, and then only a so-called literary type that occasionally sold a story and meanwhile worked in an office for a living.
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Let's use the opportunities before us to stand for Christ. If we will do, God himself will honor our efforts and America can be restored.
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Single mums do come in for a hard time. Society is incredibly judgmental. I know this.
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I was called to audition for a play when I was very young, following which I continued to act as well as write and direct. When I moved to Delhi and joined Hindu College, theatre became a very big part of my life.
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It always feels good to put something you're proud of out in the world.
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My view is when you use violence on your people, that never ends well.
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I get no satisfaction just showing myself in every corner of the world every week.
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I want to see talent and companies and money and entrepreneurs moving to Chicago.
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We are the mimics. Clouds are pedagogues.
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It is not to be wondered that men have worshiped the ocean, for in his depths they have seen mirrored the image of Eternity - of Infinity. Here they have seen the symbol of God's great plan of oneness with His creatures, for the sea is the union of all infinite particles, and it takes the whole to make the one.
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How few of our young English impressionists knew the difference between a palette and a picture! However, I believe that Walter Sickert did - sly dog!
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Do the best job I can, not hurt our fellow beings on this planet, that's my religion.
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Speed, it seems to me, provides the one genuinely modern pleasure.
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I like to do a lot of research for my films and live my character.
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Why are so many companies stuck in this factory model of working?
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When you are filled with soul energy you become magnetic." 11 Teachings to help on the journey to Soul Realization: (1) Practive humility; (2) Give up pride and self-delusion; (3) Practice loving kindness; (4) Give up anger, hatred and vindictiveness; (5) Practice generosity; (6) Avoid greed and stealing in its different aspects; (7) Practice honesty; (8) Avoid maliciousness and exploiting lies; (9)Practice moderation; (10) Avoid excessiveness; (11) Do not allow yourself to be enslaved by your lower nature
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I consider myself to have a decent sense of humor. What's life without a sense of humor?
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I had a born-again experience at the age of 33. As a result of that I found a church where I felt I was being fed properly. I don't say that as a reflection on Catholicism. But once I was born again, I got an evangelical spirit.
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Becoming a junior usher at a black church was my entry into the wonder of worship.