Viola Davis Quotes
All you really need to do is shift people just a tiny bit for change to happen. It doesn't have to be huge and humongous.
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I don't know how I did it, but I worked 7 days a week.
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Dr. Phil is hiding something. Otherwise, why wouldn't he use his last name?
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I've always really been interested in the Pygmalion myth and both what it has to say about creativity and what it has to say about relationships between men and women.
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I've always been a very confident person, and I know how important it is to take advantage when life gives you opportunity.
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Ninety-nine percent of who you are is invisible and untouchable.
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Jewish, black, Filipino, whatever the specificity is, it's specificity that makes a good story. And I think people are tired of seeing the same old shtick on network television. It's just a group of white people hanging out talking about their jobs. Who cares? We've seen that.
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She knew what all smart women knew: Laughter made you live better and longer.
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The reason a poet is a poet is to write poems, not to advertise himself as a poet.
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Leaving all the glamour and air-kissing aside, at the end of the day, fashion is about operations and getting things done. The best way to be successful, therefore, is to learn from the people who do it best.
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I am very lucky I got fans, and I interact with them personally. I know that they have poured their love on me unconditionally, and all I can do is work hard and be kind to them.
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Time whizzes by when you have children. They make you aware of the passing of time, but also help keep you young.
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I love watching action. I remember watching Angelina Jolie in 'Tomb Raider,' and I was like 'Wow, it's so cool when a girl can go around and kick butt.'
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I had to start being aware of what I ate, what I'm planning to eat and take my twice-daily medication accordingly. That's not so difficult now, but when you're 10 years old, it's tough, let me tell you.
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I have had someone ask me to sign their 'Team Taylor' panties. She wasn't a teenager. She was in her 40s.
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The two most frightening words in Washington are 'bipartisan consensus.' Bipartisan consensus is when my doctor and my lawyer agree with my wife that I need help.
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Even the worst Bond movies, there's something to love about them.
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Kanye is the weirdest... He is the weirdest person I know other than me. I've told him that before.
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You know the greatest thing about working on 'Fallon?' I get so many anonymous gifts.
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Sarcasm: the last refuge of modest and chaste-souled people when the privacy of their soul is coarsely and intrusively invaded.
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Characters never live with me in film the way they do on stage, and they have certain ramifications that movies just never have.
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I was so happy when I went to Rome and I saw that the Romans eat them too, the squash blossoms. [...] No wonder I like the Italians!
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Finishing books - and leaving the world you've created - is always a kind of emotionally wrenching experience. I usually cry.
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I think George Mitchell was the right guy for the right time, and many people will note his spectacular foreign policy accomplishments, both in and out of office. I think all would note his devotion to Maine; that was number one. The fact he did work in a bipartisan basis with Bill Cohen. And for me, he helped the first Democratic woman get elected.
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All you really need to do is shift people just a tiny bit for change to happen. It doesn't have to be huge and humongous.
