Viola Davis Quotes
The world is very good at encouraging you to go along with the status quo and at basking in your successes. But when you hit a wall in your personal life, and you screw up, people don't give you a chance to navigate your way through it and tap into what's extraordinary about you.
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I'm ready to stretch my legs. I'm ready to jump in the ring.
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Trump wants to build a wall at the border of Mexico, while Clinton wants to tear down all walls.
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When companies get big, they slow down. They're not as exciting. If you want to get something done, it takes a lot of time and a lot of meetings.
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I really want to have actors contribute their own ideas, with phrasings and ideas on all levels.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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I believe God knew what he was doing when he put oil under our ground. It should be a means to an end.
Olusegun Obasanjo
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Like fragile ice anger passes away in time.
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So, it's like: I'm an OK singer; I'm an OK guitar player and you put them together and... it's just OK.
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I believe you can achieve anything if you work hard enough to get it.
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Since belief determines behavior, doesn't it make sense that we should be teaching ethical, moral values in every home and in every school in America?
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There is a fundamental notion at the core of American identity that, in this country, any little boy or girl can grow up to be president.
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'Rent,' for me, was a significant time in my life because it was my first break. It was my first professional job. I also met my husband in that cast, Taye Diggs.
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I want to teach. I've got to figure a way to continue doing this in some capacity.
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This particular nurse said, Cancer cells are those which have forgotten how to die. I was so struck by this statement.
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Character development is what I value most as a reader of fiction. If an author can manage to create the sort of characters who feel fully real, who I find myself worrying about while I'm walking through the grocery store aisles a week later, that to me is as close to perfection as it gets.
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It's very difficult for my body to recover after workouts now that I'm older, so we have to keep them short, which means they're extremely difficult and intense. It sucks.
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I always try not to overload my music with orchestration and to use only those instruments that are absolutely necessary.
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Working with Bill Cosby was incredible. I was lucky to be a part of that.
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I grew up very comfortable in this bizarre, circus-like existence, but, as comfortable as I was, I was also aware of the struggles that actors go through.
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Your ability to concentrate single-mindedly on one thing, the most important thing, and stay at it until it is complete, is an essential prerequisite for success.
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A 10-year-old knows a lot. If you think she or he isn't noticing the world around them, you're missing a lot.
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Soul music is true to its name. It's music that connects to your soul, your spirit. When music resonates with people's spirit like that, when people can emotionally connect with something or it helps to heal them, transform them, that never goes out of style. People will always need something to relate to.
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I want to be the voice for those people who are going through the same thing, like little African American boys and girls getting bullied at school.
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The world is very good at encouraging you to go along with the status quo and at basking in your successes. But when you hit a wall in your personal life, and you screw up, people don't give you a chance to navigate your way through it and tap into what's extraordinary about you.
