Alfre Woodard Quotes
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When facing a difficult task, act as though it is impossible to fail. If you are going after Moby Dick, take along the tartar sauce.
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There were points in my life where I felt oddly irresistible to women. I'm not in that state now and that makes me sad.
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In common with all Protestant or Jewish cultures, America was developed on the idea that your word is your bond. Otherwise, the frontier could never have been opened, 'cause it was lawless. A man's word had to mean something.
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You do a job; your show gets canceled. You get used to it.
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My daddy used to say that I was too big to ride and too little to hitch a wagon - no good for a damn thing.
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Violent crime is a solved problem - all they have to do is repeal the laws that keep those intelligent, capable, and responsible men and women from arming themselves, and violent crime evaporates like dry ice on a hot summer day.
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The more walking-around money I have, the less I walk around.
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People can be inspired the way I've been inspired by music.
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How do you sustain yourself when all the old structures people looked to for support - religion, family, ethnic solidarity - are crumbling, or feel so false that you refuse to avail yourself of them? What comes next?
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Athletes don't like to get up early, but it never bothered me.
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There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money.
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When people think of someone being prolific, it's like, 'He's got a vault with 5,000 songs in it,' or something, but I just kind of pick them out of the air when they float by.
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Writing has never been that simple for me.
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Working with so many people from all over the world is extremely enriching and stimulating.
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In Japan, I focus mostly on sending messages through Twitter, trying to spread my minority way of thinking.
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I grew up during the Revolution of Iran and the war between Iran and Iraq. The things that I saw. The impact. How it changes you. How it changes the way you look at the world.
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The two major challenges for the 21st century are to improve the economic situation of the majority and save as much of the planet as we can.
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I love running and I will always run.
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Jesus made clear that the Kingdom of God is organic and not organizational. It grows like a seed and it works like leaven: secretly, invisibly, surprisingly, and irresistibly.
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'The little folk dare anything', said his friend. 'And they talk a lot of nonsense. But they talks an awful lot of sense, as well. You listen to 'em at your peril, and you ignore 'em at your peril, too.'
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It is only the consciousness of a nonexistence which allows us to realize for moments that we are living.
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A true friend is someone with whom protocol is no longer necessary.
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People talk about each other in the worst way, especially when you become a product for sale. You're just a thing.
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I am not getting any younger and am taking a new approach to life.
