Ashley Madekwe Quotes
I can remember hearing the theme tune to Dallas when I was supposed to be in bed. I would sneak down and try to watch it through the banisters. My mum loved that show.
Quotes to Explore
-
In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good thing, if you possess great talent, to give, early in your youth, a very hard kick to the right shin of the society that you love. After that, be a snob.
-
Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along.
-
Winning the gold medal should have been the happiest day of my entire life, and it just wasn't. It felt like the saddest day of my life. Everyone was so angry with us, that Scott and I had fallen in love, because it was so unprofessional, and we were a disgrace and had betrayed everybody.
-
People asked, 'So what are you - a multimillionaire?' I like to say, 'A billionaire wanna-be.'
-
I was passionate about soccer. I still am. Odd, though - playing soccer always made me much more anxious than playing tennis. On soccer days, I'd be out of bed by 6 in the morning, all nervous. But I was always calm when it was time for a tennis match. I still don't know why.
-
I really was about to pass out during my entire wedding. I just didn't know if I could marry anybody.
-
It might be, it could be... it is! A home run!
-
When people get rich, they cut themselves off from the context that has earned them these riches - the context of the common men. They forget they are part of society.
-
As a competitor, I want to continue to keep turning the chapters and keep challenging myself.
-
I want to be different and have a good story. If it's a good story, then everybody is trying to tell it, everybody is better for it, and it's just more fun.
-
Cinematic icons of the police detective are more male role models than female.
-
Hypocrisy is a detriment to progress. There's always a hidden agenda.
-
We have lost a lot of ground to the extremists in the Middle East.
-
People think they have to give up things to make a difference to the world, but you don't have to.
-
I'm pretty obsessed with Stevie Nicks from her style to her voice. I like watching her on YouTube and her old performances, the way she moves and everything.
-
If a farmer fills his barn with grain, he gets mice. If he leaves it empty, he gets actors.
-
I always wanted to be a leading man!
-
We never had a huge squad and we never had a great deal of choice. But in many ways that helps because you've got to make do with what you've got. You don't have too many problems about picking the team you just hope that everyone turns up on the day.
-
Immersion was founded in 1993 with the mission of bringing the sense of touch to computing. Our technology, TouchSense, is embedded in computer peripheral devices and allows users to reach in and physically interact with content on their computer screens.
-
Whenever you feel like criticizing any one... just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had.
-
I went to school at this log school house. A white woman was my teacher, I do not remember her name. My father had to pay her one dollar a month for me. Us kids that went to school did not have desks, we used slates and set on the hued down logs for seats.
-
I have often heard that the novel is dead. But I see novels produced, I don't know how many a week, in France. I have the impression it's carrying along quite well.
-
I can remember hearing the theme tune to Dallas when I was supposed to be in bed. I would sneak down and try to watch it through the banisters. My mum loved that show.
