Laurence Fishburne Quotes
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Self-worth comes from one thing - thinking that you are worthy.
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As murderous industrial magnates go, Alfred Nobel is right up there with Ray Kroc, franchiser of McDonald's.
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Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war.
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I am very amazed by the runners out there because I like jog to the garbage can outside sometimes, and I get tired.
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I'm kind of like a samurai. They say if you want to be a samurai, you can't be afraid of dying, and as soon as you flinch, you get your head cut off. I'm not afraid of losing this business.
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Athletes as role models and heroes is a hoax, a sick hoax. The men and women who are fighting in Iraq, they are the true heroes.
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It's true that hydropower exploitation can bring economic development, but not necessarily to the benefit of local people.
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In my wildest imagination, I never thought that the fifth of six children born to Helen and Buddy Watts - in a poor black neighborhood, in the poor rural community of Eufaula, Oklahoma - would someday be called Congressman.
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I definitely at times notice a difference in service when I go out. You know, I can walk in to grab a cup of coffee or walk in to have lunch or dinner, and people definitely seem on their best behavior, which is funny, or I start to see people clean up around me, which I always find really, really amusing.
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When you make a movie independently, you raise the money beforehand, and then you make the movie kind of by yourself.
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I'm very blue collar myself. So it was easy for me to embody that in a sense. It's much harder for me to embody Norrell than it is to embody Terry Donovan.
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I'm not really a fashion designer. I just love clothes. I've never been to design school. I can't sketch. I can't cut patterns and things. I can shorten things. I can make a dress out of a scarf.
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Ideas are infinite, original, and lively divine thoughts.
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In the end I didn't get a top car any more. I had no toughness left. That was the reality.
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To draw you must close your eyes and sing.
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I love working in America!
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I think I went to Italy initially for the art, architecture, food and history, but I stayed there because of the people in Cortona.
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Genius is a potential that lives within you and every other human being. You have many moments of genius in your lifetime. These are the times when you have a uniquely brilliant idea and implement it even if only you are aware of how fantastic it is.
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What if I am an aficionado of bullfights and I think, contrary to the animal cruelty people, that they ennoble both beast and man. I would not be able to market videos showing people how exciting a bullfight.
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I can work every day of the year. TV is easy. My call's at 8:30 a.m. I'd like to break out of the comedy thing and take a shot at something serious like theater. The off-season allows me to do movies, but I'm not tired of TV yet. There's nothing like it. I've got the best of both worlds.
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The invention of basketball was not an accident. It was developed to meet a need. Those boys simply would not play 'Drop the Handkerchief.'
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I think most human beings go through some sort of depression in their life. And if they don't, I think that's weird.
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My mother whom I adored, secretly wasted away and died of grief…; her death…marked me for life.
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I don't ever get to the point where anything is old hat.
