Viola Davis Quotes
I love Wal-Mart. You can put that down. I love Wal-Mart. My husband and I hang out there.
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I suffer from a more complex, persistent fear. It manifests itself in nerves, and on film the camera sees even the tiniest evidence of this. So you have to learn that when the director calls 'Action,' you don't go to this place of tension, but somehow you become free.
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I will never sign to a major record label again. If, by some mega fluke, a record of mine looked like it might break big, I'd try and do it via an indie or somehow license it. I'm not having my music owned by those corporate bastards again.
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Our guiding principle was that design is neither an intellectual nor a material affair, but simply an integral part of the stuff of life, necessary for everyone in a civilized society.
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Rewards and punishments are the lowest form of education.
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The difference in the quality of medical care received by people with mental illness is one of the reasons why they live shorter lives than people without mental illness. Even in the best-resourced countries in the world, this life expectancy gap is as much as 20 years. In the developing countries of the world, this gap is even larger.
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To make money, I did portraits . The truth is so bizarre! I'm kind of embarrassed. I was like a 19th-century pirate painter. I'd say, 'Your mom would love a painting of you!' A salesman! I'd hawk paintings.
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A system that was originally designed to support the poorest in society is now trapping them in the very condition it was supposed to alleviate.
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I tell people, 'Have you ever been to Oklahoma? There are a lot of nice people there that do wonderful things.'
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I really have been so, so blessed with all my leading men.
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I like boys. I am not foreign; I was born and raised in Hickory County, Mo.
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In real life, I'm pretty much an eternal optimist.
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My father became the Mayor of Indian Wells, California, a tony desert enclave of rich, conservative Republicans.
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I like all things natural, and I love being Indian. So clothes-wise, I love wearing Indian. Does my wearing a salwar kameez instead of a dress make me less of an actor, less of a person?
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I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself.
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I think there needs some attention to be paid to what sport is going to represent to young people: should it be viewed in the competitive, team-oriented sense that it is now, or does it become a vehicle for betting, which may, in effect, change the atmosphere in the stadiums and the arenas?
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The United States Supreme Court has repeatedly held that marriage is one of the most fundamental rights that we have as Americans under our Constitution.
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I always remember liking school.
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At night when I used to sleep, I was thinking all the time that shall I put a knife under my pillow.
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I wanted to be able to talk with people who have trade jobs and make records with them. I want to do more records with carpenters, electricians, people who specialize in even more bizarre trades that are off the beaten path.
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I'm really fascinated by other directors' methods. I've done a lot of learning by observation.
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I like to make my husband like me more, and he likes it when I'm wearing makeup.
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I don't believe there's any inherent darkness at the center of religion at all. I think religion actually is a morally neutral force.
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Imagination seems to be a glory and a misery, a blessing and a curse. Adam, to his sorrow, lacked it. Eve, to her sorrow, possessed it. Had both been blessed - or cursed - with it, there would have been much keener competition for the apple.
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I love Wal-Mart. You can put that down. I love Wal-Mart. My husband and I hang out there.
