Taraji P. Henson Quotes

Singing is something I can do, but it's not my first passion.

Taraji P. Henson

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• Dance and I are synonymous, and nobody can take away dance from my life. Also, I cannot look at dance in an inert way; it's my passion, and I get keen on being part of any show or film that has dance!

  

  Malaika Arora Khan
  • Life
  • Passion
  • Dance

• Football is a passion that she holds dear to her heart. She's really going for her dream and there are obstacles in the way, but deep down she knows what she wants, and she pursues that.

  

  Parminder Nagra
  • Heart
  • She
  • Dream

• I would hope there would be a greater appreciation by casual sports fans of the incredible skill and passion of our players.

  

  Gary Bettman
  • Hope
  • Passion
  • Sports

• It was about being wanted, it was about winning, and it was about my passion for the game. I just loved it. I absolutely loved to compete and to step out onto that football field with my teammates.

  

  Warren Moon
  • Game
  • Passion
  • Football

• I throw as hard as I can when I think I have to throw as hard as I can.

  

  Walter Johnson
  • Think
  • I Can
  • Throw

• My mother adores singing and plays piano. My uncle was a phenomenal pianist. My brother John is a double bassist. I used to play the piano, badly, and cello. My brother Peter played violin.

  

  Fiona Shaw
  • Mother
  • Singing
  • Brother

• Well, as an artist, I think that Elvis's generosity to me he always talked very highly about me, he always spoke very highly about my work and singing and my writing.

  

  Jackie DeShannon
  • Work
  • Writing
  • Singing

• I would do anything and I will continue to do anything I can to stop the train wreck that is Obamacare.

  

  Ted Cruz
  • Stop
  • Will
  • I Can

• I'm happiest when I can just be a director and watch.

  

  Iain Glen
  • I Can
  • Director
  • Watch

• I like to do comedy. It's my real passion. I want to make people laugh.

  

  Gad Elmaleh
  • People
  • Real
  • Comedy

• I was lucky. My father raced bikes. He gave me the passion very early. I had my first bike when I was three or four years old.

  

  Valentino Rossi
  • Father
  • Passion
  • Bike

• I missed singing. I missed performing in a nightclub.

  

  Tamara Tunie
  • Singing
  • Missed
  • Nightclub

• If I had to rank my skills, I have a long way to go before I can write a good graphic novel.

  

  Ted Rall
  • Good
  • Long
  • Write

• In Malaysia, we have a lot of divas, like Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey singers. And they were all so so talented, just very talented. For example, there's this one jazz singer, her name is Sheila Majid, and I was always singing her songs.

  

  Yuna
  • Singing
  • Name
  • Jazz

• The generous abundance of her passion, without guile or trickery, was like a white flame which penetrated and found response in depths of his own sensuous nature that had never yet been reached.

  

  Kate Chopin
  • Nature
  • Passion
  • Flame

• I'm an intense guy. I run 10 miles a day, which helps alleviate my intensity. Also, singing helps defuse my intensity. Playing the piano helps, and writing helps.

  

  Dan Hill
  • Writing
  • Guy
  • Day

• I just want to keep at it. I can't wait to see, after years of being around, the roles I can play when I'm a crazy old lady.

  

  Tanya Fischer
  • Want
  • Crazy
  • I Can

• I like singing as much as I like acting, and all through high school I thought I might be a Broadway singer.

  

  Zooey Deschanel
  • School
  • High
  • Singing

• I want to work; then, as my kids get older, I want to have adventures. I want to visit all their countries: learn and live inside all their cultures.

  

  Angelina Jolie
  • Work
  • Live
  • Country

• Whether we or our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer memory, and a sterner sense of justice than we do.

  

  Wendell Berry
  • Nature
  • Party
  • Justice

• Many people focus on the 4 percent rule, which essentially says that as long as you withdraw no more than 4 percent from your retirement accounts each year, the money should last you 30 years.

  

  Jean Chatzky
  • People
  • Long
  • Money

• I think India should be our top ally in Asia Pacific. And the two countries have so much in common, including being the largest and most powerful democracies.

  

  John T. Chambers
  • Powerful

• So that’s what we want is a secure and sovereign nation and, you know, I don’t know that all of you are Latino. Some of you look a little more Asian to me. I don’t know that. What we know, what we know about ourselves is that we are a melting pot in this country. My grandchildren are evidence of that. I’m evidence of that. I’ve been called the first Asian legislator in our Nevada State Assembly.

  

  Sharron Angle
  • Country
  • Teenager
  • Students

• Singing is something I can do, but it's not my first passion.

  

  Taraji P. Henson
  • Passion
  • Singing
  • I Can