Mahershala Ali Quotes
I think if you have any desire to be a leading man or to really carry some of these stories, there's this relationship that has to be cultivated with an audience. People have to be able to say your name.
Quotes to Explore
-
Between two groups of people who want to make inconsistent kinds of worlds, I see no remedy but force.
-
Of course people think Washington is arrogant. It is.
-
I get motivated by the fact people are following me, that they want a photo or say 'vamos' or 'Canelo.'
-
For thousands of years, we did have death surrounding us, and we did have people die in the home. You would take care of your own end. You would do ritual processes, and you would be involved in it, and that's been taken away in the Western world.
-
I do not take steroids. I never have. It's sad to me that people want to point fingers. I don't do that. That's not me. I wouldn't feel like a human being.
-
A doctor can only treat patients. A doctor can only help the people who are shot or who are injured. But a politician can stop people from injuries. A politician can take a step so that no person is scared tomorrow.
-
I think sports and bodybuilding were the only things that saved me from getting beat up. People are not pleased, for whatever reason, when you can answer all the questions in class. If not for the respect I got from track, cross-country, wrestling and bodybuilding, it would have been a disaster.
-
My fear is that people associate Rand Paul's social conservatism with libertarianism, when it's not.
-
Politicians are trying to attract people to issues.
-
Whenever I'm in the U.K., people say I have an American accent. Which is, obviously, funny.
-
It is commercial pop that the majority of people understand. A working man's daughter would not understand blues.
-
Scientology is the study of knowingness. It increases one's knowingness, but if a man were totally aware of what was going on around him, he would find it relatively simple to handle any outnesses in that.
-
During a game, it comes down to your mind - the pressure. There are loads of other aspects, too. Many people say taking penalties is easy, but when you're stood over one, that's not the case. It's in no way easy. The goal really does become a lot smaller.
-
People die because they find living too painful.
-
The usefulness of a meeting rises with the square of the number of people present.
-
To be aware of others' accomplishments and the indebtedness we have to so many people is to appreciate and begin to respect all members of the human family.
-
I had no luck when I started out as a model. I keep telling people that it's the only career in the world that you can't choose for yourself - you have to be chosen.
-
I didn't necessarily have a total idea when I was writing the movie of where everything was going. I just wanted to have really realistic dialogue and write like people I knew talked. I tried to keep it very real.
-
I spent five years running Manhattan GMAT helping young people get into business school.
-
Once you have perfect virtual reality, what else are you supposed to perfect?
-
Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the right side.
-
My junior year, I was in a play at school and five days before opening night, I still didn't know my lines. Opening night was a disaster. I was so embarrassed. The director made me work backstage for the rest of the performance.
-
I try to stay focused on the work and recognize that I've been very lucky. Maybe it's 'cause I grew up with actors, but I've seen that recognition comes and goes, so all there really is is your family and friends. You have to maintain those constants in your life. Maintain what's beyond your work.
-
I think if you have any desire to be a leading man or to really carry some of these stories, there's this relationship that has to be cultivated with an audience. People have to be able to say your name.
