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David Oyelowo Quotes

As artists, our primary function is not to be educators - but we are at a time in history, where for us, our history needs to give context for stories that we hope to tell down the road.

David Oyelowo

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Hope History Time Road Down Tell

Problems can become opportunities when the right people come together.

Robert South

Together People Opportunities Become

I'd go to swim practice, put my face in the water, and I didn't have to talk to anybody. Swimming was like my escape, but it was also like this huge prison because I felt like I had to swim up to people's standards.

Amanda Beard

Water Practice People Swimming Face

There's a common criticism of evolutionary psychology that it's fatalistic and it dooms us to eternal strife, 'Why even try to work toward peace if we're just bloody killer apes and violence is in our genes?'

Steven Pinker

Work Peace Criticism Violence Why

When I was about five, I could do a vaguely decent American accent - straight through kind of decent - and 'Hercules' needed some kids. I definitely wasn't a good actor.

Rose McIver

Good American Kind Actor Through

The Constitution is government's stop sign. It says, you - the three branches of government - can go so far and no farther.

Michele Bachmann

Government Constitution You Stop Go

Religious faith depends on a host of social, psychological and emotional factors that have little or nothing to do with probabilities, evidence and logic.

Michael Shermer

Faith Logic Nothing Emotional Little

Don't wait for someone to call you up. You can do anything. You have all the possibilities in the world.

Luka Sulic

Wait World Someone Possibilities You

I'm like an old dog, I hate to be run off from home.

Doc Watson

Dog Home Hate Run Old Off

It's all about being flexible, and avoiding choices whenever possible. Choices suck, they are inherently limiting.

Craig Armstrong

Choices Flexible Possible Being Suck

Now Jack Charlton wasn't wrong, I was a bad footballer.

Craig Johnston

Bad Wrong Now Footballer Jack

When I'm not doing the show, and the work has stopped, I walk into a restaurant and I'm shy; yet, when I'm in the show, when people come up with their phones and want to take my picture, I can handle it because it's almost like I'm wearing an armour.

Anthony Warlow

Work Walk People Restaurant Picture

At a time of such hope and optimism in the Middle East, we cannot let the Libyan government violate every principle of international law and human rights with impunity.

William Hague

Hope Time Government Optimism Law