Danai Gurira Quotes
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A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of the society.
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I come from an immigrant family, but I know no other nationality apart from British.
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You turn up on set, and somebody who has come out of Oxford, has done a BBC course, is telling you how to act. You think, 'Do me a favour. Go and make a coffee.'
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I was always very determined and ambitious, and I knew I would do something that would let me travel and stuff, but I didn't know really know what I would do to get there.
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The earth laughs in flowers.
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I never did a dirty armpit. You can look dirty, but you can't be dirty.
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I had one girl tell me last night that I'm the greatest thing ever, that she wants to aspire to be me. Just stuff like, 'You're my idol. I love you.' It's awesome. It's what it's all about.
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Innocence in genius, and candor in power, are both noble qualities.
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I firmly believe that the mission of religion in the 21st century must be to contribute concretely to the peaceful coexistence of humankind.
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People should have literary and cultural taste and should not bomb hotels.
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I just like art. I get pure pleasure from it. I have a lot of wonderful paintings, and every time I look at them I see something different.
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I'm not a walking extra in a Chekhov play; I'm no Slavic gloom or Irish gloom.
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Some of the craziest people I've met, in my life, are some of the most brilliant people I've met.
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Geek and Sundry has an eclectic line-up of shows all targeted around things I love: Comics, Tabletop Games, Books and more.
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It was just really odd to be in a room with Ian McKellen sharing cucumber sandwiches.
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I'm cold in summer. I'm the coldest person ever! It's very ironic I'm never cold in the scripts. Every time I'm shooting, if you don't see a part of me, there are hot water bottles there.
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He is far too intelligent to become really cerebral.
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We must come to the point where we realize the concept of race is a false one. There is only one race, the human race.
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It's, like, sort of a dream thing for an actor when they're told to gain weight.
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The reality of Barack Obama being the president of the United States - quite possibly the most powerful nation in the world - means that the image of power is completely new for an entire generation of not only black American kids but every population group in this nation.
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One of my favorite things to read in the 'Observer' is the restaurant review by Jay Rayner. I love reading about these restaurants that I won't ever have the time to go to.
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Don't let people talk you into what they think is you.
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When I'm writing a song, it's just me and the songwriters. Then when the song is done, there are publishers that hear it, then people in my management, then my wife and my boys and my friends, and if they're all lovin' it, it's kind of withstanding all the criticism I need.
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I create fictional narratives, but it's based on literal people.
