Cynthia Erivo Quotes
What happens when I go to America is I sound really English. Most people would start sounding American, but I do the opposite.
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I read part of it all the way through.
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I feel that there has been progress made since I was a boy on matters of race, but we have a long way to go.
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In seventh and eighth grade, grammar and vocabulary were not my favorite subjects.
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I always start the day by washing my face and moisturizing.
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You've got to really be able to accept the rejection.
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Commitment and credibility go hand in hand.
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Scientific progress makes moral progress a necessity; for if man's power is increased, the checks that restrain him from abusing it must be strengthened.
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Any competent actor could have done what I did.
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The results showed that Joe Mokoena and I had made history. For the first time in the history of education in South Africa, two African students had passed the JC with a First Class degree, regarded as a rare achievement for any student.
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Politics is a herd mentality. Politicians don't really lead. Politicians reflect what they think is consensus opinion.
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There's this perception sometimes around here that I'm this Hollywood guy.
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I can't watch a Mayweather fight. I don't find it exciting.
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Afghanistan has moved forward and Afghanistan will defend itself. And the progress that we have achieved, the Afghan people will not allow it to be put back or reversed.
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My father was overbearing. Very controlling. He was always the way he is, even before my success. He was not always a good person. He'd play mind games to make sure I knew my place. I don't see him, which is unfortunate. But I don't have any desire to see him. I vaguely know where he is, and I don't want to know.
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But, look, Washington is a town that creates myths for its own existence and its own amusement, and I was a subject of myth, sort of like Grendel in Beowulf - you know, not seen very often but often talked about.
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When you save book reports, art projects and put them in a scrapbook, it shows a kid you care and you are taking an interest in their lives.
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I think there's nothing that can drive you more than a huge dream or a huge challenge.
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Leaks are always bad news.
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An hour of my time is a tiny price to pay for all the support I've gotten from my fans.
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I always just want to move along to the next step.
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I noticed that almost everyone I went to college with has worked at something other than the subject they majored in. I guess that' s one of the reasons for campus unrest.
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I didn't always have 14,000 people wanting to hang out with me on a Saturday night.
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I feel that people I trusted - I don't know who, on what level - have let me down, and I think they have behaved disgracefully, and it's for them to pay. And I think, frankly, that I'm the best person to see it through.
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What happens when I go to America is I sound really English. Most people would start sounding American, but I do the opposite.
