Mahershala Ali Quotes
I saw this documentary he did years ago called 'Fade to Black.' I was always a Jay Z fan - I liked Jay Z - but after I saw that documentary, I loved Jay Z. I realized how intelligent he was.
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I don't understand it. Jack will spend any amount of money to buy votes but he balks at investing a thousand dollars in a beautiful painting.
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Like many writers, I started by writing short stories. I needed to learn how to write and stories are the most practical way to do this, and less soul-destroying than working your way through a lengthy novel and then discovering it's rubbish.
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I was riding my mountain bike in Colorado, and I met a dog who reminded me so much of my very first dog, in the way she interacted with me, looked at me, and wagged her tail, that I rode away convinced I'd just very possibly met the reincarnated version of my long lost friend.
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That's always the trick with the sequels, is how much do you repeat from the first one. Because we all get bummed out when you go see a sequel and it's beat for beat.
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Balance is so important in our lives. In our busy world, we can give ourselves balance between thinking and feeling.
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It sounds trite to go after men who are nice but when you've been hurt a lot it becomes appealing.
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I was always telling my family I wanted to become an actress, and I did.
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I still owe a duty of loyalty to my clients and former clients, so I cannot specify which clients I did not especially find congenial, but the cause was the same.
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I do a medley of hymns in all of my sets, whether I'm in an arena, in a theater, in an amusement park.
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I got beat up sometimes in the girls' bathroom.
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I'm really just a normal person.
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Don't try to dress like me or wear your hair like mine. Find your own style.
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Remember our proud history of social justice, universal health care, public pensions and making sure no one is left behind. Let's continue to move forward.
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Especially if you're over 40, shortening the term of your loan to pay it off sooner could make you mortgage-free in retirement.
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To put away one's own original thoughts in order to take up a book is a sin against the Holy Ghost.
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I originally passed on 'Girls' because I thought TV was evil.
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Composition has almost always been solitary.
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We must be our own before we can be another's.
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If the critics are right that I've made all my decisions based on polls, then I must not be very good at reading them.
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If you set up an environment where failing is encouraged then you want to try everything. It's obviously the best way to work.
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We all have these challenges and stereotypes that exist, but you can't let that hold you down... If that's the first thing you think about as a black woman - the challenge that lies ahead - you are thinking in the wrong direction, in my opinion.
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Ever since Pele's extraordinary talents blessed the world of football, black footballers have been accepted in the pantheon of the greats. But to achieve commercial recognition is somewhat different: it requires a form of adulation that also spells identification and role model.
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I saw this documentary he did years ago called 'Fade to Black.' I was always a Jay Z fan - I liked Jay Z - but after I saw that documentary, I loved Jay Z. I realized how intelligent he was.
