Taraji P. Henson Quotes
I would love to play a superhero. I wish I could be in 'The Avengers,' kicking butt.
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Rock music is not meant to be perfect.
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What's true for churches is true for other institutions: the older and more organized they get, the less adaptable they become. That's why the most resilient things in our world - biological life, stock markets, the Internet - are loosely organized.
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The next step for me with the Up is how it talks with the rest of the home. It's an object that can tell the home where I am and what I'm doing.
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I try to give the appearance that I have it all together and that I know what I'm talking about, but at the end of the day, I think I might be full of crap.
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I was always under the impression that acting is an innate gift. One of the first things I heard them say at Koothu-P-Pattarai was that actors should realise the art of acting through their training.
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Your best ideas, those eureka moments that turn the world upside down, seldom come when you're juggling emails, rushing to meet the 5 P.M. deadline or straining to make your voice heard in a high-stress meeting. They come when you're walking the dog, soaking in the bath or swinging in a hammock.
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I didn't choose to write a military man as much as Vince Haven chose me.
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I make mistakes on a very grand scale.
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I introduce her as the love of my life everywhere that we go. She introduces me as her current husband. So you can see how the relationship kinda works here.
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My 93-year-old grandma is a beautiful example of healthy living. She laughs a lot and always says, 'Just be yourself!' She also eats dessert every single day.
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Beauty is the first test: there is no permanent place in the world for ugly mathematics.
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Wealth is the ultimate panacea to poverty.
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Most faults are not in our Constitution, but in ourselves.
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I would give no thought of what the world might say of me, if I could only transmit to posterity the reputation of an honest man.
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My professional dreams were coming true while I was living a personal nightmare.
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English people are famous for never speaking out but only saying what they really feel about you behind your back. Americans believe the shortest distance between two points is a straight line. I like exploring those, er, differences in national snippiness.
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My label in Toronto was 'Stand Pat' and I think that was a fair assessment. I tried to be patient, but if a trade came along - big or small - that I thought should be made, I would make it.
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A good amount of the guys wanted to date me. Even older guys looking at me. It took some getting used to.
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A high IQ individual can't deal in an industry that's subjective.
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The inciting incident is how you get (characters) to do something. It's the doorway through which they can't return, you know. The story takes care of the rest.
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Don't waste your love on somebody, who doesn't value it.
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I would love to play a superhero. I wish I could be in 'The Avengers,' kicking butt.
