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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You could give the best audition ever and not get the role or not get a callback because you just weren't what they were looking for.
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Above all, I believe every child, no matter their ZIP code or their parents' jobs, deserves access to a quality education.
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Being as it was one of my dreams to sing with one of the world's greatest groups, for me to join 'The Temptations' was a great blessing.
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Asian people are very practical and come from a conservative world. The parents want their kids to be doctors and lawyers. There are casting calls for Asian children, but once the parents find out the children might miss school, they're opposed to it.
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The words that we use I think are symbolic of the values that we hold.
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I think Don Cheadle has always done great work.
