Laurence Fishburne Quotes
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Wes Anderson deserves an award for sheer persistence of vision.
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Things said by political parties are different from the decisions of the government which are taken to uphold the rule of law. The government takes decisions that are best for the country.
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Have I personally ever seen a ghost? Not one.
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I don't have a big thing about leaving my mark or being historic.
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My normal routine is pretty much putting out fires all day.
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I'm not a boastful person. I like my actions to speak for me.
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We want to make the Cleveland Cavaliers a perennial champion and contender. We want people to be part of the franchise for long periods of time if they fit our culture, no matter who they are, whether it's LeBron or anybody that contributes.
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I spent a lot of time at my grandparents in the school holidays, and the only books in the house were a copy of the Bible and Agatha Christie's 'Murder at the Vicarage.' I developed a taste for murder mysteries and then later discovered libraries, second-hand bookshops, and jumble sales.
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I've lost love. I've tried to reclaim a lost love and didn't know how to do it.
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When I played with the Knicks, I was just as important or just as smart as any other of the guards I played with. I still had to call out plays, notice schemes, know the systems, do everything they had to do.
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How can you be an atheist and have an ideology to go with it? To be an atheist is to be free of some areas of belief. I don't see how that can become an ideology.
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I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.
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I think there are only two kinds of heroes: the flamboyant ones and the angry-yet-silent types. Every character on TV falls into either category.
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I fall in love with something and wear it every day until it's destroyed. My most treasured items have a very short shelf life because I love them too much.
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So people are talking about revolution. What a revolution it would be to have a woman president.
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On television, I have watched countless athletes from different countries, sports and Olympics stand proudly at the top of the podium and shed tears. They symbolized the Olympics for me because Olympic medals represent all of the hard work and sacrifices made by the athletes as well as the people who helped them reach the top of their sports.
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When I write, I solemnly visit myself.
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Conformity may give you a quiet life; it may even bring you to a University Chair. But all change in history, all advance, comes from the nonconformists. If there had been no trouble-makers, no Dissenters, we should still be living in caves.
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Not everyone has to have children. If everyone had two or three, we'd run out of room.
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Amplify, clarify, and punctuate, and let the viewer draw his or her own conclusion.
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The highest of distinctions is service to others.
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With all the lines I have to learn for TV scripts, I don't think I have any problems with forgetfulness - that's brain exercise enough for me.
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There are always going to be people who want to be president, and some days I'd like to give it to them.
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My vocation is I do what I do. I'm an actor; that's what I do.
