Jeffrey Wright Quotes

My first-ever job was when I was 14 or 15 in Washington, D.C., a job that I got through Marion Barry's summer-youth-employment program. It was working in the locker room of a public swimming pool, deep inside Anacostia in Southeast D.C., about five to 10 minutes from my house.

Jeffrey Wright

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 7, 1965

Topics

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Most people find they have to worry about money; if you don't ever, then in some fundamental way, you are cut off from most people.

John Lanchester

MoneyPeopleWorryYouFindWay

Your most important work is always ahead of you, never behind you.

Stephen Covey

WorkYouImportantAheadNeverYour

Don't trust the heart, it wants your blood.

Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

HeartTrustBloodYourWants

There is no greater example of government overreach and unrestrained liberalism than 'Obamacare.' It is so deeply flawed and such a clear and present threat to our economic stability that there is no way to fix it.

Tommy Thompson

GovernmentPresentWayFixStability

If Donald Trump wants to acknowledge that we have a pay gap for women and we need to address it, I would work with Donald Trump.

Tom Perez

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Elder McKinley wants his homosexuality to be turned off. To be a perfect Mormon, he has to put his feelings away.

Rory O'Malley

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I think I am a much better actor than I have allowed myself to be.

Milan Kundera

MyselfI AmThinkBetterActorThan

I am a super-confident writer, and as a joke writer and as an actress, I'm like, 'I want to go head-to-head with every person.' I am an Indian woman and I'm a kind of double minority in this world.

Mindy Kaling

WomanI AmWorldPersonWantKind

Children love secret club houses. They love secrecy even when there's no need for secrecy.

Donna Tartt

LoveChildrenSecretNeedClubEven

I've worked all my life on the subject of awareness, whether it's awareness of the body, awareness of the mind, awareness of your emotions, awareness of your relationships, or awareness of your environment. I think the key to transforming your life is to be aware of who you are.

Deepak Chopra

LifeMindThinkKeyMy LifeBody

We used to call them the storm of the century but now we're seeing what happens if we don't act fast enough - and real human beings are suffering because of that.

Dean Devlin

StormSufferingEnoughSeeingFast

I am a great believer in having the power to end your life and knowing that, in extremis, you can. But I would not want to involve anybody else in my actions if it could imperil them.

Deborah Moggach

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