Mahershala Ali Quotes
The more you work and get known for something, sometimes things begin to narrow a bit, and your opportunities get more... specific.
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In my town, and especially in my area, there were people from everywhere: Algerians, Senegalese, French people, Asians, all kinds of immigrants and natives, and everyone circulated.
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I love being the mayor. I want to be the mayor forever.
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Everyone thinks I land in a chopper on top of my building and I have the most cushy existence. Could you understand that I might have the most messed up life myself?
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Africa is not a fun place, you know. A fun place is somewhere that lifts the spirits, that cossets the senses. I don't think that can be said of the Africa I traveled in.
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It was really weird dealing with the media. I had no idea how to handle it.
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We all need ways to express ourselves, and poetry is one of mine.
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People who don't know me look at my world as something very hard-core, and I don't feel it that way. It's not what attracts me.
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Service to others seems the only intelligent choice for the use of wealth.
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Whenever I walk out on a stage, I'm begging for affection.
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Fallout shelters are like bell-bottoms. They've gone in and out of favor.
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The success of each of us benefits us all, and the success of us all benefits each of us individually.
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I rarely cook traditional risotto, but I love other grains cooked similarly - barley, spelt or split wheat. I find they have more character than rice and absorb other flavours more wholeheartedly.
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Recording at home enables one to eliminate the demo stage, and the presentation stage in the studio, too.
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You have your identity when you find out, not what you can keep your mind on, but what you can't keep your mind off.
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I just want to continue the success and be an athlete that is shown in a good light in New York City.
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I'm not looking for a challenge, necessarily. I'm looking to make a really great film.
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It's great that people are interested in Mars.
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I can't touch Simon anymore.
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The war against terrorism is a war against those who engage in torture.
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Journalism is my first love. But music comes in a close second. What's important for me is that whatever you do, whatever your passion is, you should have another passion - something in your life. And when I put on that musician hat and I put the bass in my hands, I'm not Lester Holt the TV guy anymore. I'm just Lester Holt who likes music.
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I'm just willing to try different things. But you gotta keep it all making sense.
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Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.
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Orrin Hatch was the keynote speaker at the last meeting of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists. He sought me out because he was a fan. I was thinking he had confused me with someone else.
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The more you work and get known for something, sometimes things begin to narrow a bit, and your opportunities get more... specific.
