Jeffrey Wright Quotes

I started acting when I was at Amherst my junior year, and my lacrosse career kind of started to flop sideways after that.

Jeffrey Wright

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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That's what people expect: They don't want to read a slight novel. People don't want to waste their time on anything less than 'great.'

Jenny Zhang

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As I get older, I think about the quality of my life and a balanced way to enjoy that. That's true wellness - being well from inside out.

Anna Kaiser

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I blame the Russians for a lot, but pinning the creation of ISIS on them is a murky, tenuous, triple-carom bank shot at best.

Michael Hayden

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I like being with people. I like talking to them. I like everything about my life, so it's fun.

Stan Lee

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I wouldn't want my corner throwing in the towel no matter what. I wouldn't want my corner to do that.

Stipe Miocic

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Animals praise a good day, a good hunt. They praise rain if they're thirsty. That's prayer. They don't live an unconscious life, they simply have no language to talk about these things. But they are grateful for the good things that come along.

Mary Oliver

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Fashion is not interesting unless it has some connection to something outside of that world. It's the same thing with any part of the arts: you can't just take pictures - you have to look at science, to listen to music; you have to be aware of the connections within the world. If you take something in an isolated box, it loses all significance.

Liz Goldwyn

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Sometimes you can do all the right things and not succeed. And that's a hard lesson of reality.

Donna Tartt

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I have learned very quickly where my strengths are, and color coordination of particular things is not a strong suit.

Chip Gaines

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There certainly are people who are a pain to work with. I'd be crazy to name them. You can't be indiscreet in this business.

Annie Leibovitz

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I think that the significance of the WNBA is that it has given women a different platform and a different level of respect as professionals, both as players and also in our coaching.

Anne Donovan

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Ninety-nine percent of the time, if you're straight with the press, they'll be straight with you.

Thomas P. O'Neill

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