Viola Davis Quotes
[Meryl Streep] just sent me an email, and I was like, "That's perfect." She was like, "Yes, Viola, now that you've just had your vow renewal...this is the best part of your life now. There's not anything that you don't know anymore in terms of what's good and bad out there, so now you can just fly." She's always imparting wisdom like that.
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It is human nature to hate the man whom you have hurt.
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My dad always said, 'Don't worry what people think, because you can't change it.'
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The perfect normal person is rare in our civilization.
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The reality of music itself, which is the fabric of life for me, is where most of my attention is.
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We tend to talk about death as if it is losing a battle, but that assumes living is winning and dying is not.
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I have said a hundred times, and I have no inclination to take it back, that I believe there is no right, and ought to be no inclination in the people of the free States to enter into the slave States, and to interfere with the question of slavery at all. I have said that always.
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The funny thing is, I'm not really a big reader, not a big fan of books in the first place.
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What's so funny about cats is that they have this kind of aloof, superior vibe to them. Even if you love them, they are unpredictable. Dogs are more social, and the way that they attach and bond to us is much more human.
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I have no writing habit. I work when I feel like it, and I work when I have to - mostly the latter.
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You take the good with the bad and try not to listen to everything said about you because you know it's not good.
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About a year after leaving drama school or a year and a half - and I was working solidly ever since leaving drama school - I picked up 'Game of Thrones.'
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Stereotypical vegetarian food looks gray and brown.
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The new world economic order is not an exercise in philanthropy, but in enlightened self-interest for everyone concerned.
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No, but there are people I grew up with from the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains that would give any person on 'Justified' a run for their money in the scary department.
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For me the purest and truest art in the world is science fiction.
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People have tried to corner the market on being offended, corner the market on language and corner the market on opinion. Should I lose my job 'cause I offended somebody? No, of course not. Your life should never be affected by public opinion.
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When you guys are sleeping at night, I am out there working.
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I'm learning every day.
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Minneapolis just embraced me. There are a lot of weirdos here. It's awesome, because I'm a weirdo. Thankfully, the city embraced me with open arms. A lot about Minneapolis helped carve my musicality and open my eyes. The whole town is so open-minded compared to like, you know, Texas.
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Each individual bears within himself an ideal man, and to bring him forth in perfect form is his divinely imposed life-work.
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Nike came to me and said, 'We're interested in the decathlon and interested in seeing if we can help you get as close to 10,000 points as we can.'
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We're going to be human, and we are going to make mistakes, but you really should understand the power that you have and embrace it in a positive way.
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I've never deprived myself of anything. I've always thought if you need to lose weight, carry on eating what you like, just eat less. I don't agree with doing without pasta or bread; it's too harsh.
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[Meryl Streep] just sent me an email, and I was like, "That's perfect." She was like, "Yes, Viola, now that you've just had your vow renewal...this is the best part of your life now. There's not anything that you don't know anymore in terms of what's good and bad out there, so now you can just fly." She's always imparting wisdom like that.
