Laurence Fishburne Quotes
It's funny, a lot of people think I take myself seriously because I come off so serious sometimes. But it's not that I take myself seriously, I take what I do seriously.
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Don't let nobody tell you that you can't do it. Love what you do until you don't love it anymore. Nothing's impossible.
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Broadway is really my life.
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The first World War in so many ways shaped the 20th century and really remade our world for the worse.
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I cannot control what goes on in another lane and this is how I focus on the Games. There is no point in being nervous of other swimmers. It's just about focusing on yourself and what you need to do in order to perform at your best.
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I'm old enough to remember the end of World War II. On Aug. 14, 1946, a year after the Japanese were defeated, most newspapers and magazines had single articles commemorating the end of the war.
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I'm a nationalist. I'm a patriot. Nothing is wrong. I'm a born Hindu. Nothing is wrong. So, I'm a Hindu nationalist, so yes, you can say I'm a Hindu nationalist because I am a born Hindu, I'm patriotic, so nothing is wrong in it.
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I think about death most of the day, every day. We can't escape death, and choosing to ignore it only makes it more scary.
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The history of our country is not the history of any other country in the world which is either practicing advanced democracy or struggling to lay the foundation for democracy.
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I'm just trying to win games and give my team a chance, win as many as we can week in and week out.
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When we show up in a city, we ask, 'Where's the best restaurant? What's the best beer?' You start doing that, and you get exposed to a lot of great stuff.
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Facebook can be an accumulation of different intelligences. Ask a question, translated into many languages and somebody, somewhere in the world, will have an answer.
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If you have a particular faith or religion, that is good. But you can survive without it.
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You don't have to find out what someone's mechanical abilities are. All those factors are already a known commodity. I've seen teams win championships and have their entire team quit the next day because they weren't happy.
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The more I push myself to really live and really experience things and step outside of my comfort zone, the more the songs are allowed to flow.
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In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?
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President Bush's emergency declaration for the State of Texas is great news for the people and communities that have experienced the devastating wildfires firsthand. Already, communities have rallied to help neighbors in need.
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In the days when I was the big hero, the money wasn't much. Nobody made anything on television in those days.
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Refugees are the human dimensions of a failed state.
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I learned you can't trust the judgment of good friends.
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Our prayer and God's mercy are like two buckets in a well; while the one ascends the other descends.
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We support common-sense legislation that keeps guns out of the hands of unsupervised children.
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I think there is something about L.A., fortunately: once you get one role people think, 'Oh well, someone employed her, so maybe we can.' I mean, that's my idea of it, anyway. 'She can put one foot in front of the other and say a line.'
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The most important thing I have learned from the people I've worked with is that you have to love what you do. That passion will drive you anywhere you want to go.
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It's funny, a lot of people think I take myself seriously because I come off so serious sometimes. But it's not that I take myself seriously, I take what I do seriously.
