Mahershala Ali Quotes
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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 simply can't do one-word message replies: Yes. Ok. No. Sure. Cool. None of these are options for me. I must write something extra. Something personal. I put kisses and emoticons. Emoticons, by the way, are my very best friends. They have removed all the pressure of thinking up something personal to say.
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What I look at with each vote is that priority of whether it's good for the middle class or not.
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My personal view is that I am opposed to the death penalty.
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Growing up as a kid my father was British and a soccer player. His idol was a guy that passed the ball a lot, Stanley Matthews. Our family thought if you could be unselfish your teammates would always like you.
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I remember reading a 'Scientific American' article about the use of new physical techniques - including neutron scattering - as a method for unravelling the structure of the ribosome. I was fascinated.
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I went around Coimbatore quite often while I was shooting for Velayudham. It's a fascinating place with a lot of energy.
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It's always about trying to make everything go with the music, like a script. It's not like, 'Let's have a confetti gun!' If I ever have one of those, it will be because it's absolutely the right thing at the moment in the song. I can't just go get a confetti gun.
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I am always dabbling in new skin routines, but it's always about moisture.
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Note to self: Never ride a motorcycle in stilettos and a miniskirt.
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If I'm still walking, I am not dead. So I have to still walk and run towards the benefit of Lebanon.
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The spirit of L.A. is untamed wilderness. It's earthquakes and wildfires and oceans and mountain lions and fog. There's great physical beauty.
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These movies are like my kids. I just love them to death. Some of them go to Harvard and some of them can barely graduate high school.
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People who are truly horrible are often the most interesting people in the room. You look at them and just say, 'Why?'
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If you compare me to an actor, I'm probably one of the best boxers in the profession. But if you compare me as a boxer, I'm probably one of the best actors.
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The gratification of desire is not happiness.
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I never bought the commercial thing, at any stage of the game.
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Biggie has been the logo for success, the logo for doing it big - from popping champagne, the ladies, the fashion.
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This may come as a surprise, given the nature of my job, but I am very guarded and contemplative. I'm not a naturally boisterous person.
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His head was full of larceny, but his feet were honest.
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I am used to us losing a couple of games and everybody pointing a finger at me.
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I came back out here from England and I was there for a while and it was beautiful and it is just great to see London going from Spring to Summer and Autumn.
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You cannot expect the guy who drove the car into the ditch to navigate it out of the ditch. You have to put a new driver in the seat. I'm not saying the new driver is going to be any better, but we need a new driver. Kerry is the only choice.
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I think Don Cheadle has always done great work.
