Andre Holland Quotes
I need to find those projects more often: the ones that really, really speak to me. I do better work in those situations and have a better time.
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The contributions of African Americans, Native Americans, and immigrants throughout our nation's history are undeniable, but the tendency to overlook their gallant efforts is pervasive and persistent.
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I have four kids. They are two years apart, and contraception has been very, very good to me.
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Bigotry tries to keep truth safe in its hand with a grip that kills it.
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I find dates, in general, horrific. We have to sit there and ask these questions and pretend to eat a meal, and it just feels so stiff.
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Politics and power is a realm of relative influence.
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You need to become more than one type of athlete. You have to be a sprinter, a weight man and a distance guy all in one.
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Finishing games has been something I'm really proud of, seeing something through to the end.
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You have to dream before your dreams can come true.
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We just here to do our job.
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I'm a huge historical fiction and non-fiction fan.
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Let us not forget that the greatest composers were also the greatest thieves. They stole from everyone and everywhere.
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I always wanted to be normal. I tried really hard, but it's like I try so hard and then people still say I'm offbeat. I've learnt to accept that and take advantage of it as an actor.
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Democracy is our commitment. It is our great legacy, a legacy we simply cannot compromise. Democracy is in our DNA.
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For me, it was not destiny to make it to where I am now - I thought for a long- time I would become a go-kart mechanic, or a job like this, not an F1 driver.
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People make mistakes. They say stupid things.
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Acting doesn't have to be threadbare misery all the time.
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Even today, I frequently meet scientists who, outside their own narrow discipline, are superstitious.
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I just came back from my hometown, making a movie about a kid who grew up just like me, and it was financed by white people in New York. Personally, I can't be angry. In my personal experience, the support was there.
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There's a conscious decision to everything I do.
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Only allow yourself to think negative thoughts and/or complain about anything for three minutes, three times a day.
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Honestly, my dating life according to the tabloids is very exciting, and the most hilarious thing is that it's nowhere near as exciting as the tabloids have ever made it out to be.
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I think it's a change that I did not intend at the time but it is clear that, from The Flower of My Secret on, there is a change in my films. A lot of the journalists have very generously attributed this to my growing maturity.
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I need to find those projects more often: the ones that really, really speak to me. I do better work in those situations and have a better time.
