Viola Davis Quotes

Denzel [Washington] just knows the actor. He knows the process, and you don't often get that.

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• I'm probably not going to develop to a final state as an artist. Like, become better and better, more and more refined. Become 'pure.' I don't think that's going to happen to me, because I don't really see that as something I want to explore.

  

  Gary Hume
  • Artist
  • Better
  • Explore

• A well-made salad must have a certain uniformity; it should make perfect sense for those ingredients to share a bowl.

  

  Yotam Ottolenghi
  • Perfect
  • Share
  • Salad

• I want to give my followers a positive message. I want to give those girls a positive message who have been forcefully married, who continue to sacrifice. I want to be an example for those people. That's my aim.

  

  Qandeel Baloch
  • People
  • Positive
  • Sacrifice

• When theology erodes and organization crumbles, when the institutional framework of religion begins to break up, the search for a direct experience which people can feel to be religious facilitates the rise of cults.

  

  Daniel Bell
  • People
  • Up
  • Experience

• Because of what I did when I was 10 years old, I'm not living from paycheck to paycheck, and I can do things because I want to do them.

  

  Macaulay Culkin
  • Want
  • Living
  • Old

• As I went between the Islamic Society in my college and university, the mosque, the halal takeaway, and visited the homes of my male Muslim friends, it was entirely possible for me to get through my day without interacting in any meaningful way with a single non-Muslim.

  

  Maajid Nawaz
  • Friends
  • Society
  • College

• Doing collections, doing fashion is like a non-stop dialogue.

  

  Karl Lagerfeld
  • Stop
  • Fashion
  • Like

• I loved Judy Garland. I thought she was such a classic beauty. I thought she was so endearing and charming, and I loved her voice. She was such a dreamer, and I think I was, too - and I am.

  

  Kara Lindsay
  • Beauty
  • Voice
  • Charming

• It's funny because when I'm outside Australia, I never get to do my Australian accent in anything. It's always a Danish accent or an English accent or an American accent.

  

  Mallory Jansen
  • American
  • Funny
  • English

• I think whenever you see what may be the seeds of a third party, you need to be very skeptical because there's not a very good track record for third parties.

  

  Candy Crowley
  • Good
  • May
  • Think

• When I was younger, I went through a phase when I didn't like my hair. Because the school I went to was primarily Caucasian, there wasn't anyone who had my hair texture. I remember one day I straightened my hair, and that was the first day that people gave me compliments on it.

  

  Zendaya
  • People
  • School
  • Remember

• If you are being weird or silly you can be excused because you are just playing a character.

  

  Taryn Manning Boomkat
  • Character
  • You
  • Weird

• My workouts include aerobic exercise for a healthy cardiovascular system; strength training to maintain muscle tone and bone density; core strength exercise for a stable mid-section; and stretching to maintain mobility.

  

  Samantha Stosur
  • Training
  • Exercise
  • Healthy

• But I've got more to learn, too. I don't feel like I'm done or I know it all.

  

  Gary Sinise
  • Done
  • Know
  • Learn

• Sports should not become routine. It should be about passion.

  

  Kapil Dev
  • Passion
  • Sports
  • Routine

• I was just learning to play guitar when Tracy Chapman came out. She wrote these songs, she played them by herself and I so admired her for that.

  

  Madeleine Peyroux
  • Play
  • Learning
  • Songs

• Even the most left-wing politicians worship wealth creation - as the political-action-committee collection plate is passed.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Political
  • Action
  • Wealth

• I think people look at dance music and see it as kind of a bad thing, and bad people hang out in nightclubs, but it never felt that way for me. Growing up in Chicago, music was the thing that saved me, that kept me on the straight and narrow.

  

  Kaskade
  • People
  • Up
  • Music

• Remember, if you get into horrible trouble and desperately need me, I’ll be much too busy with my own problems!

  

  Brandon Mull
  • Remember
  • Problems
  • Trouble

• Provided we have the right framework, a certain amount of money will come from the UK and we'll encourage others to contribute,

  

  Jack Straw
  • Money
  • Contribute
  • Framework

• Acting on the stage is a luxury for me. I lose money. I make movies for financial reasons and this allows me the luxury of acting on Broadway. Hollywood, unfortunately, exploits actors for their own reasons, which are usually financial. So we might as well exploit Hollywood as much as it exploits us.

  

  George C. Scott
  • Reason
  • Acting
  • Financial

• I am selective, but at the same time, I want to be out there as an actor and show people my range.

  

  Marina Ann Hantzis aTelecine
  • People
  • Actors
  • Shows

• Awards are meaningless for actors, unless they all play the same part.

  

  Humphrey Bogart
  • Play
  • Actors
  • Awards

• Denzel [Washington] just knows the actor. He knows the process, and you don't often get that.

  

  Viola Davis
  • Knows
  • Actors
  • Process