Mahershala Ali Quotes
People do bad things, but that doesn't mean they don't have other colors or qualities.
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Well, I think a lot of people just want to be famous.
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Occupy Wall Street means making Wall Street and the corporate power elite understand that the people affected by the binge of unregulated greed are not going away, and they are not going to give up.
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People are not wrong in observing Caste. In my view, what is wrong is their religion, which has inculcated this notion of Caste. If this is correct, then obviously the enemy, you must grapple with is not the people who observe Caste, but the Shastras which teach them this religion of Caste.
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It's always humbling, knowing where we came from. From being friends with the janitor in the bar and being friends with the waitress - because they were some of the only people that were listening when we finished playing - to this, we are able to appreciate every single person and every single piece of it, because we came from nothing to this.
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It's one thing to live my own life and know that I'm O.K. But there's another thing I want to take on, and that is letting people know that they're O.K., too.
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If the people are happy, united, wealthy, and powerful, we presume the rest. We conclude that to be good from whence good is derived.
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AIDS is a horrible disease, and the people who catch it deserve compassion.
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When people are away from home, they do things they might not normally do.
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Americans are people who prefer the Continent to their own country, but refuse to learn its languages.
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Our dream as actors is to tell interesting stories about interesting people.
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When I'm in the U.K. – and I'm here more than people would think – I tend to keep a very low profile.
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There'll be a special place in hell for the tape back-up people.
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I hate wasting people's time.
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I don't think I care about the hair as much as people think I do. It's just kind of there. It's not really a big deal to me. It actually drives me nuts. It's always in my face if I don't have a hat on. I might have to get rid of it.
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People listen to me, and they hear about a government they want, a government... that will cut spending, cut taxes, that will focus on private-sector job creation.
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There are two ways of knowing if something ends badly: If you're honest with yourself, you just kind of know it. And then there's other people's reaction to it.
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People see me because I'm winning my fights. That's how I want people seeing me.
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Those with dementia are still people and they still have stories and they still have character and they're all individuals and they're all unique. And they just need to be interacted with on a human level.
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I've found I can plunge the characters into whatever absurd, awful situation, and readers will follow as long as the writer makes them seem like 'real people.'
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I think every great show has that kind of romance that people just kind of yearn for.
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I was an only child. I've known only children. From this experience, I do believe that the children should outnumber the parents.
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When doing comedy, I do what makes me laugh. The first person I learned from said I should talk about things I am passionate about - that I love or hate - because the audience likes to see passion. The stuff I rant and rave about stems from a place that really pisses me off.
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One of the most fantastic experiences I ever had was as a decathlete. I finished fifth in the nation my senior year of high school. I had no training or nothing.
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People do bad things, but that doesn't mean they don't have other colors or qualities.
