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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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 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.
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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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India is at the vanguard of figuring out how to exploit technology and innovation on behalf of democratic accountability.
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It's the federal government's job to secure the border.
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Hydration is really important, particularly as a beach volleyball player.
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When I was a student looking at Leonardo DaVinci and all those guys - Italian, Dutch, or whatever - it's incredible how each piece of the painting fits to the main theme that they want to express.
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Youth's the season made for joys, Love is then our duty.
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I lost interest in firearms because we had a dog that was scared to death of the sound of a rifle shot.
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Music to me is something that I didn't choose; it was a necessity. I grew up with music, my father is a musician. It makes me happy; it makes people happy.
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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.
