Viola Davis Quotes
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I am an American citizen born in Kuwait of Egyptian parents. I grew up in Great Britain, Malaysia, and Egypt and have lived in the United States since 1965, when I was seventeen.
Feisal Abdul Rauf -
If you want to cultivate a habit, do it without any reservation, till it is firmly established. Until it is so confirmed, until it becomes a part of your character, let there be no exception, no relaxation of effort.
Mahavira -
In Australia, they really want to turn me into a religion. A religion! Can you imagine? The Church of Edna? Oh. I don't want to be over-revered.
Barry Humphries -
When you're surrounded by all these people, it can be even lonelier than when you're by yourself. You can be in a huge crowd, but if you don't feel like you can trust anybody or talk to anybody, you feel like you're really alone.
Fiona Apple -
How can you be on top of the things you do? I think when you are involved in a business, first of all you need to know the business. After that you know the business, you can - the numbers tell you what is happening. You can read with the numbers.
Carlos Slim -
I've had the same barber since I was about 14 years old.
Victor Cruz
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The simplest toy, one which even the youngest child can operate, is called a grandparent.
Sam Levenson -
Black beans and soy beans are the cornerstones of longevity diets around the world.
Dan Buettner -
I'm having the same problems today that I had when I first started, saying that outrageous adult animation works.
Ralph Bakshi -
I've lived in New York for 40 years. I came right after college.
R. L. Stine -
Marc if you want me to go to the bottom of the pool, I'll go there.
Nancy O'Dell -
The girl-next-door image is a sort of joke; for years, I couldn't get any roles other than as somebody dark.
Felicity Kendal
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We grew up as kids watching those movies and we were exposed to themes of civil rights, unfairness, bigotry and fathers struggling against the kind of mob of the town, so you remember how you felt as a kid being taken seriously, that you are part of the human drama.
Rachel Griffiths -
I don't know what I was expecting or what I was dreaming about the xx accomplishing.
Oliver Sim The xx -
It was that which gave promise that in due time the weights should be lifted from the shoulders of all men, and that all should have an equal chance. This is the sentiment embodied in that Declaration of Independence.
Abraham Lincoln -
I started classes and it wasn't because I was like, 'I want to be an actor!' - I was really interested in the theory of what acting can be and what it's about. It's all about living in the moment and kind of being present, which is something that at that time in my life I really wanted to explore.
Caity Lotz -
The reality about being economically dependent on someone else usually doesn't work out for women in the end. It's about being an adult and being responsible for your life. Most women have to work, so let's just get on with it.
Candace Bushnell -
The difficult part was to tell the world that I was finishing.
Gabriela Sabatini
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I got my SAG card on my first movie, 'Goin' South,' with Jack Nicholson in 1978.
Mary Steenburgen -
I really didn't feel that my motion picture career was going the way I wanted it to go.
Joel Grey -
In Cornwall, it is quite possible to take a stride from the richest vegetation into the abomination of desolation. It has been said in mockery that Cornwall does not grow wood enough to make coffins for the people.
Sabine Baring-Gould -
Watch out for people who feel weak. They may want to feel strong one day and you might not survive that moment.
Alina Bronsky -
Some foreign investors accuse us of being unfair to shareholders by using our resources for community development. Yes, this is money that could have made for dividend payouts, but it also is money that's uplifting and improving the quality of life of people in the rural areas where we operate and work. We owe them that.
Ratan Tata -
People are just not impressed by me at home.
Viola Davis