Jeffrey Wright Quotes

I started surfing when I was working on 'The Hunger Games,' out on the north shore of Oahu, so about four years ago. I used to skateboard as a kid, kind of religiously, until I broke my leg riding in a pool when I was about 14 and I couldn't play football that fall.

Jeffrey Wright

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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FootballFallPoolPlayKindGames

My duty is clear and at all costs will be done.

John Burns

DoneDutyWillClearCosts

When we say that the persistence of competition is ensured by fate, we mean that individual freedom is so guaranteed. The one thing to which fate binds us is liberty.

John Bates Clark

FreedomPersistenceCompetitionFate

People crave predictability, and when you design and use systems, you give people predictability. More importantly, when you build systems, they can help you orchestrate, and orchestration helps you create the habits that continuously improve the systems!

Michael Gerber

PeopleDesignHelpYouCreateBuild

I'm thrilled to get hired every once in a while.

Stephen Root

GetOnceEveryWhileHiredThrilled

It probably wasn't until Nine Inch Nails played the first Lollapalooza that I actually went to a festival.

Trent Reznor

NailsFirstInchNinePlayedUntil

The gloomiest way of describing the ancient world is it is misogyny from A to Z, really.

Mary Beard

WorldWayAncientDescribingReally

You surprise yourself on some balls off the bat. You don't think you have a chance to catch it. And then your natural ability just takes over.

Mike Trout

YourselfChanceThinkSurpriseYou

Everyone has their own journey, and for me, going from singing background to writing songs has truly opened doors for me and has also helped me find myself as an artist in terms of what I want to say and the style of music I want to have.

Luke James

MusicJourneyStyleMyselfSinging

Even at al my mother's concerts, I had never seen people go crazy the way they did with the Beatles.

Lorna Luft

MotherPeopleCrazyGoWayNever

Sometimes I ask myself if writing novels is even respectable.

Lorrie Moore

MyselfWritingSometimesAskEven

I write from the same place I parent, and since becoming a single parent, I have found it difficult, if not impossible, to write anything of length.

Dirk Benedict

ImpossibleParentPlaceDifficult

Money is evil.

Dorothy Hamill

MoneyEvil

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