Jeffrey Wright Quotes

Too often a story is examined through biased eyes, without a sensitivity for everyone who forged it. It's seen from the point of view of the great white savior, and rarely is the perspective of the slave a part.

Jeffrey Wright

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

EyesGreatPerspectiveStoryView

It is exceedingly improbable that the identical action of the corresponding parts of the two retina is the result of a certain habituation, or of the influence of the mind.

Johannes P. Muller

MindInfluenceActionResultTwo

Being Uber means being efficient.

Travis Kalanick

BeingUberMeansEfficient

You do know what's coming up when you're translating. I suppose the concentration, then, is on finding a formulation which is speakable and in character - and economical as well, actually.

Tom Stoppard

CharacterFindingYouKnowUpWell

I do say that I am in favor of the return of the guillotine and that is for the worst of the worst of the guilty.

Roseanne Barr

I AmGuiltySayWorstReturnFavor

To come to grips with creativity, I must ask creative, adventurous questions - the kind which, in all likelihood, cannot be answered.

Lukas Foss

CreativityCreativeQuestionsKind

I think I can be a guy who can make an impact right away.

Jared Goff

ThinkImpactI CanRightGuyAway

Obviously, gay projects play a special role for me because I am gay, so I'm doubly proud of them.

Jonathan Groff

I AmMeProudGayPlaySpecial

Appropriation was the language of my generation in many ways. It came out of Duchamp, Warhol, Johns, Lichtenstein.

Deborah Kass

LanguageGenerationOutManyWays

Everyone should have the same opportunity, and in many areas that's not the case because programs are built around the elite.

Bobby Orr

OpportunitySameEveryoneEliteMany

Love is hard.

Pierce Brosnan

LoveLove IsHard

There's something to writing a hook and something to writing a memorable melody. That's what I liked about musicals. Then I realized I could write my own songs, and I didn't have to sing other people's.

Sharon Van Etten

PeopleWritingMemorableMy OwnOwn

In days gone by, scientists would speak solemnly about our solar system's 'habitable zone' - a theoretical region extending from Venus to Mars, but perhaps not encompassing either, where a planet would be the right temperature to have liquid water on its surface.

Seth Shostak

WaterSpeakRightMarsSolarSystem

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