David Oyelowo Quotes

What we usually do to great men and women is relegate them to homogenised heroism. Their words and actions become soundbites and images in a way that gives us an excuse not to act bravely in our own lives.

David Oyelowo

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: April 1, 1976

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The American woman is a charming creature. She is of a type most unusual and delightful... And their feet and ankles are the most perfect in the world.

Jean Patou

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When I grew up there wasn't air-conditioning or anything of that nature, and this old car had a wall thickness of about ten inches. So we had a little warmer house in the winter and a little cooler in the summer.

Merle Haggard

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Management is about arranging and telling. Leadership is about nurturing and enhancing.

Tom Peters

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All the theories that acting is reacting to imaginary circumstances as though they are real, and directing is turning psychology into behavior, those are all stabs at something that can't be taught. All the great actors can't talk about what they do, and they don't want to begin to talk about it. They just do it.

Mike Nichols

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I'm a King. Regardless of what I've been through and what I've done, I present myself as a King. And I get that respect from people, from everybody I deal with. I worked my whole life to establish that respect and make sure I get that respect.

DMX

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Once you get within a few weeks of the show and it becomes WrestleMania season, the energy starts picking up, and the energy feels different. You can feel it in the air, and every show means a little bit more, and everything is a little more focused and directed. Everything's directing toward that day of WrestleMania.

Dean Ambrose

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I think, Queen Victoria's diaries, I think you can get them if you go to the British Library.

Claire Foy

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It was fantastic to win the title with Leicester.

Claudio Ranieri

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Well, let's go back to the original intent of Social Security. It is an insurance contract.

Chuck Hagel

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My high school girlfriend would ask if I finally learned how to unbutton the back of a sweater!

Breckin Meyer

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It's a relief to hear the rain. It's the sound of billions of drops, all equal, all equally committed to falling, like a sudden outbreak of democracy. Water, when it hits the ground, instantly becomes a puddle or rivulet or flood.

Alice Oswald

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Tom Kitt aside - he's in his own category with me, of course - Stephen Sondheim is one of my all-time favorite composers.

Alice Ripley

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