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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I had an agenda. It was a very smooth transition.
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Exigencies create the necessary ability to meet and conquer them.
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If you look at the history of how information flows, there was a time that newspapers were kind of in the place that Google and Facebook are now - how do we get more people to buy a copy? Then there was a shift in the early 20th century. They needed to do better, and readers and consumers demanded that of them.
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I try to sleep as much as I can. I drink a lot of water. I practice consistently and just try to be ready for the gig.
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I create fictional narratives, but it's based on literal people.
