Viola Davis Quotes
Ordinary people who are just kind of just going about their lives are transformed into heroes because they have the courage to put their voices out there. I think that's a powerful message in this time of political strife.
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I struggle if I have chaos around me, but at the same time, if I don't have it, I'm uncomfortable. It's a strange thing: If I don't have chaos, I create it.
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I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars.
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The novel moves like all the arts. It's transforming itself all the time.
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Pity is the deadliest feeling that can be offered to a woman.
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I don't want to give people the impression that I'm an almost perfect human being.
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An idea can only be materialized with the help of a medium of expression, the inherent qualities of which must be surely sensed and understood in order to become the carrier of an idea.
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From my experience and understanding, I believe money follows name and fame, while recognition calls for a huge amount of sacrifice. To get something, you have to lose something. That's the rule of life.
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If I were president, I am not sure that I would offer Ed Rendell the job of chief of staff.
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I do think that 'Pretty Little Liars' has raised the bar in how social media can tie into the fan base watching the show.
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My spelling is Wobbly. It's good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places.
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In Los Angeles, I'm always in Fred Segal. It's become a ritual. I have lunch and then buy lots of things I don't need. Usually tons of clothes for the kids that they grow out of in 10 seconds.
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Playing evil is just not interesting. I don't think anyone who does evil stuff thinks they're doing evil stuff. That's the scary part.
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Contrary to rumor, sometimes I can be quite a laugh.
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I know that I am an excellent live performer. I know that I have spent my life paying attention to my art form, developing my art form, worrying about my show and what it is I'm bringing to people, making sure that I give them a fine trade. They get a two-hour show, sometimes a three-hour show, for a decent price.
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English football is so physical and fast that when you see a space, you have to go into it with all your speed.
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I don't think it's possible to separate out the strands of a writer's history, circumstances, life events, and that writer's themes.
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Personally, I don't like watching violence. I'd much rather see more skin.
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Sometimes I will make CliffsNotes of my CliffsNotes.
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I'm not doing anything Jack Nicholson turned down. Any part that required a character distanced from myself would have been a reach. But the one thing I've always done well at, and I'm most devoted to, is my children.
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I don't plot with huge detail, just big moments and important elements, and then I have a structure but can fly by the seat of my pants when I write.
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The failure to set standards for Palestinian conduct hurts the cause of peace.
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I understand cricket - what's going on, the scoring - but I can't understand why.
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Most people can't see the connection between their own lives and the oceans.
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Ordinary people who are just kind of just going about their lives are transformed into heroes because they have the courage to put their voices out there. I think that's a powerful message in this time of political strife.
