Laurence Fishburne Quotes

When I think of Othello, I think of a poet-warrior. Let me say that again - a romantic warrior. And I think I have those qualities in common with him.

Laurence Fishburne

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• The only history is a mere question of one's struggle inside oneself. But that is the joy of it. One need neither discover Americas nor conquer nations, and yet one has as great a work as Columbus or Alexander, to do.

  

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• I've been telling my students, 'Imitate, imitate.' And they say, 'Well, what if I plagiarize, or what if I'm not original? I want to be myself.' And I always tell them, 'Your self will shine through'... If you allow yourself to feel deeply and honestly, what you say won't be like anyone else.

  

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• The CW is a very fashion-oriented network and they like their stars to look a certain way. I like that, but at the same time, I need Nikita to be toned down a bit. You can't draw too much attention to Nikita because she's an assassin.

  

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• All the old great companies were run by guys who knew what an animator meant, and guys who knew how to draw. All the companies today are run by executives.

  

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• I love to have fun and goof around and be silly, so anybody who can also do that is good for me.

  

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• I had a guidance counsellor who made me take an aptitude test, and told me I should be a bricklayer.

  

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• Love, whether newly born, or aroused from a deathlike slumber, must always create sunshine, filling the heart so full of radiance, this it overflows upon the outward world.

  

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• Nonchalance is the ability to remain down to earth when everything else is up in the air.

  

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• We're musicians. We make music for a living. It's that simple. Nothing else matters.

  

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• I only hope to do well enough before I die to have a house as big as my rich Uncle Ed and Aunt Carole.

  

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• A 2001 survey of business owners with MBAs conducted by the Rochester Institute of Technology found that money was the primary motivator for only 29% of women, versus 76% of men. Women prioritized flexibility, fulfillment, autonomy and safety.

  

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• I'm half living my life between reality and fantasy at all times.

  

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• It really means a lot that I won the gold medal - but I woke up the next morning expecting to feel different. I felt the same.

  

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• Being a mother has been my greatest teacher and also the most self-sacrificing thing I've ever done.

  

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• What we hear now is great-sounding records with great-sounding grooves and loops. And the sound of these records is irresistible, but the craft of songwriting is just about over. That's why, whenever I get an opportunity to do an album full of standards, I jump at it because I miss it.

  

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• I am sure it must be true that people opt out of the mainstream society because they feel that there are going to be no rewards for them, if they stay.

  

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• Once you get into the habit of work, you can be more productive in the things you want to do.

  

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• Me and my Photographs are a bit romantic. I do not take photographs in a normal light. Either at sunrise, or sundown, or early in the morning. Besides I want to explain something in every frame. Every image has to have a message.

  

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• When I think of Othello, I think of a poet-warrior. Let me say that again - a romantic warrior. And I think I have those qualities in common with him.

  

  Laurence Fishburne
  • Romantic
  • Warrior