John David Washington Quotes

I'm connected to a Wesley Snipes, and I'm connected to Giancarlo Esposito because of the history of films that we've all been a part of with Spike Lee.

John David Washington

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 28, 1984

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I'm a child of that, the 'Bonnie and Clyde' to 'Raging Bull' period, you know. Those are the films that heightened my interest in acting and movies and everything.

Jim Broadbent

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Martin Luther King was a misguided leader. He worked to be recognized as the leader of black America when what black America needs isn't a leader, it is education.

Jim Brown

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Man takes root at his feet, and at best, he is no more than a potted plant in his house or carriage till he has established communication with the soil by the loving and magnetic touch of his soles to it.

John Burroughs

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There is no great invention, from fire to flying, which has not been hailed as an insult to some god.

John B. S. Haldane

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The goal of Asians in the arts is plurality of roles. I've always been hindered by me over-thinking what is a stereotype and what isn't.

John Cho

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So many more people recognise you and want to take up a moment of your time for a photo or a hello. You try to deal with it with grace and a degree of humour, because what's the alternative?

Matt Smith

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My parents were in the Peace Corps.

Jeff Vandermeer

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I suppose I have a really loose interpretation of 'work', because I think that just being alive is so much work at something you don't always want to do. The machinery is always going. Even when you sleep.

Andy Warhol

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I like independent movies, documentaries. There's not a lot of movies that are commercially made that I dig.

Jeff Garlin

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Consumers around the world are excited to share common experiences.

John Quelch

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I'm not really interested in participating in mainstream culture. Participating in the mainstream music business is, to me, like getting involved in a racket. There's no way you can get involved in a racket and not someway be filthied by it.

Steve Albini

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Some ideas you have to chew on, then roll them around a lot, play with them before you can turn them into funky science fiction.

Rudy Rucker

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