Forest Whitaker Quotes
I want a director who can let me feel that he's listening and watching and that he's got me covered. That security is really important for me because sometimes you go into a vulnerable space, and you want to be able to look to somebody because you get insecure: 'Did I do that right?'
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I don't have a wallet. I carry my driver's license and a couple of credit cards in my phone. That, and a money clip.
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I don't think you should always stay calm in a tense situation, because you might not ever confront the problem. Maybe it's better to actually let yourself be tense - and find a solution.
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I enjoyed the administrative work because it involved working with Congress, city council, and the mayor. I had never been a politician so it was fun - learning political maneuvering.
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I just have to go out and fight my fight and fight to win.
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I went from buying my own condominium and a car for myself when I was 17 on 'The Facts of Life' to not being able to pay my rent. I was at the unemployment office all the time. I had to sell my record collection just to make ends meet. And then I started getting these voice-over jobs.
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Every training session, I try to simulate the conditions similar to where I am racing.
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Anybody who plays the stock market not as an insider is like a man buying cows in the moonlight.
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I began to work the stage and get the audience into it. I also learned how to have fun out there. It is something I will never forget.
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The orthogonal features, when combined, can explode into complexity.
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I was a typical farm boy. I liked the farm. I enjoyed the things that you do on a farm, go down to the drainage ditch and fish, and look at the crawfish and pick a little cotton.
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Security was another reason. You never know what can happen to you when you earn a lot of money.
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I don't want to be on the Internet.
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I consider myself more of a cultural Jew; I'm not religious in any way.
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I'm a choir girl gone horribly, desperately wrong.
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Americans should never believe, even incorrectly, that one's criminal activity will go unpunished simply because it was committed on behalf of a corporation.
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Constrained circumstances can bring the best out of you.
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I de-stress with my family, just at home pruning roses, cutting, working in the garden.
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I have a feeling there were many, many successful rock duos that just didn't get attention. That's the fault of the rock press. They are always playing up controversy, scandal, aggravation, and irritation.
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The burden which is well borne becomes light.
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Iran is the latest expression of a deep, ancient, powerful culture that's different than ours. And we don't know how it's going to play itself out.
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I came in the league as not a shooter, not a scorer. My game was to play defense and make my teammates better. The most important stat to me was that left column - winning. Nothing else matters.
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Initially, I thought problems on how the brain works to be the most interesting. But it was necessary to be practical and concentrate on less obscure matters when I entered Washington State College. Besides, there were no courses given in neurobiology.
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If we could sell our experiences for what they cost us, we'd all be millionaires.
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I want a director who can let me feel that he's listening and watching and that he's got me covered. That security is really important for me because sometimes you go into a vulnerable space, and you want to be able to look to somebody because you get insecure: 'Did I do that right?'
