Viola Davis Quotes
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I get up, go and get a coffee, and go do the crossword - I'm loyal to one particular paper, the 'Guardian' - and that's my idea of a perfect morning.
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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.
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I think most families have a few secrets or some strange aspect to their history. We're all fascinated by family dynamics, but I'd much rather sit in an audience and watch someone else's problems!
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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.
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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.
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Accept loss forever.
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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.
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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.
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As far back as I can remember though, I always loved performing.
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I've had the same barber since I was about 14 years old.
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The simplest toy, one which even the youngest child can operate, is called a grandparent.
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Black beans and soy beans are the cornerstones of longevity diets around the world.
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I'm having the same problems today that I had when I first started, saying that outrageous adult animation works.
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Youth doesn't need friends - it only needs crowds.
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I've lived in New York for 40 years. I came right after college.
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Marc if you want me to go to the bottom of the pool, I'll go there.
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The girl-next-door image is a sort of joke; for years, I couldn't get any roles other than as somebody dark.
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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.
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Soccer matches should be something special, something people eagerly look forward to, something that brightens life.
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My favorite movie of all time is 'Home Alone 3.'
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I read a lot fewer thrillers than I think people assume I do.
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August for the people and their favourite islands. Daily the steamers sidle up to meet The effusive welcome of the pier.
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People are just not impressed by me at home.
