Mahershala Ali Quotes
At a certain point in my career, I was probably having a difficult time 'holding space.' So you get a character that has to be commanding in order for him to resonate and make sense.
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I don't have a wallet. I carry my driver's license and a couple of credit cards in my phone. That, and a money clip.
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I think I was probably an early teenager when I discovered Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey and a bunch of people that are on a long list of artists. They were important to me, especially as an early adolescent.
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What is important is for me to do my best work on camera. The camera is inches away from you and sees every micromovement of every muscle of your eye. And if you're not relaxed, the camera sees it.
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My mother did all she could to control me, but at age 14 she sent me to a military school.
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They that are intoxicated by self-conceit have interposed themselves between it and the Divine and infallible Physician. Witness how they have entangled all men, themselves included, in the mesh of their devices. They can neither discover the cause of the disease, nor have they any knowledge of the remedy.
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I actually like to sing on 'Rock Band.' I prefer to take the mic.
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Pregnancy is a very creative phase for me.
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We're going to lose more species, acidify the oceans more, do damage that it will take millions of years - if not longer - to unwind. Exactly how much damage will we do? How deep will those scars run? We don't know yet. But we will turn the ship.
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If one has curiosity, then one stands the chance of attain a high level of scientific inquiry.
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I've never been able to relate to apathy. I've always been doing stuff, been in action, making music or working just to get by.
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When the government takes video of people in public places, the images should only be kept as long as they may reasonably be needed to investigate a crime. After a few days, if there has not been a report of a crime, they should be destroyed.
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Men honor what lies within the sphere of their knowledge, but do not realize how dependent they are on what lies beyond it.
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In real terms, there is a greater disparity of earnings between the very rich and the very poor.
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I'm such a boots-jeans-tops-blazer girl.
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I was under the false impression that I could sing in high school, so I did a lot of musical stuff. I can't sing or dance, so that was entertaining for everyone.
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If everybody in this town connected with politics had to leave town because of chasing women and drinking, you would have no government.
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Ideology, politics and journalism, which luxuriate in failure, are impotent in the face of hope and joy.
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What man is there, surrounded though he be with the love of wife and children, who does not retain a memory of the romantic affection of boys for each other? Having felt it, he could scarcely have forgotten it, and if he never felt it, he missed one of the most golden of the prizes of youth, unrecapturable in mature life.
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When you speak in another accent, it affects you. You can't help but be changed by it.
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Drawing was a cheap way for me to express myself. It gave a focus to my thinking and my life from a very early age.
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We're a very active family, and I like everything in its place. I'm all about designing every little space. It will help me in the business of being a mom. Every single day is so crazy with my work that I just need to be able to come home and do that business as efficiently as I try to do my professional work.
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In film, the camera can get an array of shots so the audience can see the emotion the character is giving off. Using close-ups on the character's face really helps get the message across. On stage, you can't do that. But the stage has that live feeling that you can't get anywhere else because the audience is right there.
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At a certain point in my career, I was probably having a difficult time 'holding space.' So you get a character that has to be commanding in order for him to resonate and make sense.
