Viola Davis Quotes
I look back at pictures of myself and I remember thinking, "I was so fat when I was growing up. I was 165 pounds when I graduated from high school. I was a mess".
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I'm good at description and imparting flow to a story, but I don't necessarily understand the value of long scenes.
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Our franchises have never been healthier. Our league, in terms of its economic footing, has never been healthier.
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I love being the mayor. I want to be the mayor forever.
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In sum, we took energy for granted, assuming when we flipped the switch, the lights would go on and assuming that there would always be plenty of cheap fuel for our vehicles.
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Who am I? Not the body, because it is decaying; not the mind, because the brain will decay with the body; not the personality, nor the emotions, for these also will vanish with death.
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I don't have to go to the weight room. I don't have to go work out if I don't want to.
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It's not easy for Chinese actors to do foreign films, and it's not easy for foreign actors to do Chinese films.
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There are no limits to our future if we don't put limits on our people.
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When the EPA says that property owners, farmers, and livestock producers must stomach higher costs, longer delays, and bigger headaches, it's up to Congress to put up a roadblock.
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You have to stay on top and learn from mistakes.
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All wisdom does not reside in Delhi.
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I was young and irresponsible, a silly woman laden with sin, not caring for anything except fame and fortune and self. But I have lived seeking truth in Jesus Christ and found it has made me free.
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The notion of religious liberty is that you cannot be forced to participate in a religious ceremony that's not of your choosing simply because you're out-voted.
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I'm bringing what I've always wanted: film quality work on television. That's the way it should be.
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They should have a rule: in order to be a sportswriter, you have to have played that sport, at some level; high school, college, junior college, somewhere. Or, you should have had to have been around the game for a long time.
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What I love about Tadashi is that he isn't a designer that designs only for a double-zero. He designs for double-Ds, you know? Women of all shapes and sizes can wear him.
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You always gotta be on time, an hour ahead of everything. You always gotta be prepared.
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The age of innocent faith in science and technology may be over.
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I did flirt with the idea of going to law school, but not for long. Maybe I'll play a lawyer one day - the beauty of acting is that you can try on so many different roles without having to commit to them in real life.
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I'm never away from my boys for more than three days.
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I held out my hand and George Mitchell said, "Like in everything else, you lead and I'll follow." And the crowd broke up, and we did a twirl or two around the dance floor. And that's like him, you know, he was there for his members, he campaigned for us, he believed in us, and he was really a good sport as well.
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I look back at pictures of myself and I remember thinking, "I was so fat when I was growing up. I was 165 pounds when I graduated from high school. I was a mess".
