Mahershala Ali Quotes
You can't watch 'Daredevil' or 'Jessica Jones' or the Marvel films and not be aware that the villain has to be awesome. I've always wanted to have more space. And the scope, morally, is more broad for the villain than the hero.
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I believed I was invincible.
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As the years go by, I've added a few pounds on, and I like it. I like it that I look a little softer.
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The theory seems to be that as long as a man is a failure he is one of God's children, but that as soon as he succeeds he is taken over by the Devil.
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I used to have a sort of soft spot for Huckabee. He seemed to have a genuinely saintly streak, which caused him to defend illegal immigrants and give pardons to criminals who were perhaps a little less rehabilitated than he had imagined.
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Infinite striving to be the best is man's duty; it is its own reward. Everything else is in God's hands.
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When I talk to people in need, they tell me they want to hope; they are eager for opportunity; they are ready for better days. And I can tell you that every time their hopes are disappointed, all nations lose.
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When the news is good, the BBC view is: 'Get the government out of the picture quickly, don't allow them to say anything about it.' When the news is bad: 'Let's all dump on the government.'
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You can't grow long-term if you can't eat short-term. Anybody can manage short. Anybody can manage long. Balancing those two things is what management is.
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When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you.
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At the end of the spectrum when you get to that 12th step, when you have that spiritual awakening we make ourselves available to help other people.
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Career is too pompous a word. It was a job, and I have always felt privileged to be paid for what I love doing.
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I've committed to surfing the rest of my life.
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I think everybody should focus on inner beauty.
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A lot of these guys in 'Fight Master' will compete in Bellator and in mixed mart arts for quite some time.
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I had formed a black movement, so I would speak for the Trotskyist movement and then walk about a hundred yards to where the black movement was speaking.
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Government is a health hazard. Governments have killed many more people than cigarettes or unbuckled seat belts ever have.
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I think there's a couple of things going on. One is that Trump's relationship with his base is not the traditional relationship of a politician and the people who elected him, and the constituency, which is a relationship of some accountability, right? The idea is that the politicians are working for the people. They're public servants.
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I root for anyone who's got kids and if they want to make it work.
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We weren't allowed to have secular music in the house growing up. I was home-schooled, and gospel was the only choice we had.
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Agressive music can only shock you once. Afterwards its impact declines. It's inevitable.
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It's kind of depressing to make a lot of records and not get the kind of response they deserve.
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Every couple of seconds out here they're honoring somebody. You've got to get dressed, go in and sit down. Invariably somebody makes a speech.
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My kitchen has a wood-burning oven, a large worktable, and windows all around, including one above the sink. I think whoever is washing the dishes needs to have a lot of beauty around.
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You can't watch 'Daredevil' or 'Jessica Jones' or the Marvel films and not be aware that the villain has to be awesome. I've always wanted to have more space. And the scope, morally, is more broad for the villain than the hero.
