Courtney B. Vance Quotes

From the outside, there's a lot of glitz. They see you on the red carpet, but they don't see what it takes to get there.

Courtney B. Vance

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 12, 1960

Topics

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It's getting harder to make decisions to just want to do something to work... I'm trying to find things that are extremely challenging or mean something to me deeply.

Angelina Jolie

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No more turning a blind eye to Chinese spies in our nuclear labs. No more keeping silent about Chinese slave labor camps.

Steve Forbes

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Quite likely the twentieth century is destined to see the natural forces which will enable us to fly from continent to continent with a speed far exceeding that of a bird.

Simon Newcomb

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Acting requires a lot of discipline to go with the obsession. It's a path of knowledge, and of self-knowledge. Sometimes you get lost on the path. And then you find yourself again.

Toni Servillo

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Political satire became obsolete when Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel peace prize.

Tom Lehrer

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Whenever I'm asked who my favourite co-star is, I always hesitate in giving an answer.

Roger Moore

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There are some rights that are so fundamental to our society that you'd think the public debate would be closed on them. The right of every American citizen to vote - regardless of age, race, or income level - is one of them.

Martin O'Malley

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To love the one who loves you, To admire the one who admires you, In a word, to be the idol of one's idol, Is exceeding the limit of human joy; It is stealing fire from heaven.

Delphine de Girardin

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While I believe that when you are in the glamour industry, you have to look your best, I also believe being skinny is not 'hot and happening.'

Deepika Padukone

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Women, I love. It's amazing to me, because I am a swimsuit model; I'm half-naked. I just love the fact that women love me, and it makes me love them so much back.

Chrissy Teigen

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I like debating policy. I never once attacked personally Secretary Clinton. I have found that when I have attacked people personally, that's been a stupid mistake on my part. And so whoever I have attacked personally, I apologize for.

Anthony Scaramucci

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My wife was my greatest asset. I didn't marry her until after World War II, but she has complemented me in every job I've ever had.

William Westmoreland

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