Ernie Isley Quotes

You get to the point in life where you realize you have to roll up your sleeves, deal with the consequences of what happens, and carry your own weight.

Ernie Isley

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LifeYouConsequencesRealizeOwn

I came to London. I spent nine months doing domestic work and gardening because I knew I wanted to get a West End show. So, when I was offered jobs in Stoke or Leicester or whatever, I'd say no. Eventually, I got 'Godspell.' It was gently building.

Jeremy Irons

WorkGardeningBuildingEndDoing

I was inspired by all of it. 'The Avengers,' 'Harry Palmer,' 'The Prisoner,' 'The Man from UNCLE,' 'In Like Flint.' Of course, there's a huge shadow of Bond - Bond is the monolith of spy movies - but it's not just about Bond; there were a lot of other things that influenced me.

Matthew Vaughn

ManShadowMeBondUncleMovies

I was in enough to get along with people. I was never socially inarticulate. Not a loner. And that saved my life, saved my sanity. That and the writing. But to this day I distrust anybody who thought school was a good time. Anybody.

Stephen King

LifeGoodTimeDaySchoolPeople

God has always given me the strength to say what is right.

Rosa Parks

StrengthGodMeSayRightAlways

Everyone says we have our first African American president. Has there ever been a Jewish president? An Italian president? They don't say a damn thing about that. You think we're still fighting the Civil War or something. If you want to mention it in passing, OK. But don't dwell on it.

Monte Irvin

WarThinkFightingAmericanYouSay

If you only took on roles that had the same qualities, then I suppose it might make a critic feel better, if he can see some kind of bedrock. Perhaps that's the old definition of a star, someone who's always going to come up with the same goods. But it intimates limitation to me and I don't want to think of the job like that.

Miranda Richardson

JobMeThinkBetterSomeoneYou

If you learn a martial art, you learn to be dangerous, but simultaneously, you learn to control it.

Jordan Peterson

ArtControlLearnYouDangerous

It is worse than immoral, it's a mistake.

Dean Acheson

MistakeWorseThanImmoral

People don't realise I have seriously bad blepharitis.

Bradley Walsh

PeopleBadSeriouslyRealise

I wouldn't describe myself as a master of anything.

Toby Young

MyselfMasterAnythingDescribe

We had great faith that with patience, understanding, and education, that my family and I could be helpful in changing their minds and attitudes around.

Ryan White

FamilyEducationPatienceFaith

My fears about where theater is going - it's the Hollywood model, where people are chasing the almighty dollar and making commercial decisions based on nothing more than generating income for themselves and their theaters.

Lynn Nottage

PeopleDecisionsHollywoodNothing

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