Forest Whitaker Quotes
I put down the camera long ago, you know? I was here in London, aged 19, and I was obsessed with my camera, shooting everything I could. Then someone stole it. It helped me to see things for the first time.
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I could hear my friends outside playing soccer while I was expected to stay inside practicing the piano. It was like torture!
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When I was, like, 16, I went in to the head of Disney, and I hadn't taken acting class really at all, and I didn't know what I was doing, and it was really embarrassing. Of course, you think Disney wants over-the-top and funny, and I was just trying to be over-the-top and funny, and it just wasn't working, and that was the worst.
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Inflicting emotional distress has typically been treated as a civil action. How 'substantial' does the distress have to be for it to turn criminal?
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Science is an international enterprise where discoveries in one part of the world are useful in other parts.
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If I categorized home runs that I've seen, without a doubt the monumental one is Henry's... but I've seen a lot of classic, great home runs. Gibson's was probably the most theatrical home run I've ever seen.
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The fact that we live in a world where black people have to strategize so they're not brutalized by police is insane.
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Nobody can teach what is inside a person; it has to be discovered for oneself and a way must be found to express it.
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All it takes is one drink to mess with the way you drive - it clouds your judgment and slows your reflexes. Don't take any chances. It just isn't worth it.
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I never wrote my books especially for children.
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Derivatives are financial weapons of mass destruction.
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Predominantly I'm an Adidas guy who walks around in sports gear all the time because there's always a ball right next to me somewhere. I do a lot of sports, but I do enjoy wearing a lot of suits.
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Modern theory is about objects lower than man; even stars, being common things, are lower than man.
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The lovers of romance can go elsewhere for satisfaction but where can the lovers of truth turn if not to history?
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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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The mullahs are part of the past in Iran, not its future. But change in Iran will come through engagement, not through confrontation.
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Common sense should tell us that there is no reason for civilians to have access to easily concealable handguns with the capability to shoot through body armor.
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It's an individual sport; you want to do well for yourself.
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I've never had any desire to be good. I don't like goodness particularly.
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A writer is a palmist, reading the lines of the planet.
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You are what exists before all stories. You are what remains when the story is understood.
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My dad also plays a little banjo and guitar, my mom plays the mandolin.
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I'd like to see something done about the long putters and belly putters. But I go back and forth on that. I've actually worked with a belly putter.
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I am often asked why I nearly always select old material, fairy tales and legends for my stage works. I do not look upon them as old, but rather as valid material. The time element disappears, and only the spiritual power remains. My entire interest is in the expression of spiritual realities. I write for the theater in order to convey a spiritual attitude.
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I put down the camera long ago, you know? I was here in London, aged 19, and I was obsessed with my camera, shooting everything I could. Then someone stole it. It helped me to see things for the first time.
