Viola Davis Quotes

Self-deprecation is not the answer to humility.

Viola Davis

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HumilityAnswer

A universal draft is most often the instrument of Third World dictators.

Joe Bob Briggs

WorldUniversalDictatorsDraftMost

I can say with a solid degree of authority that I am a selfish person. I spontaneously forget the names of more people than not, unless I want to make out with them. I will take the last square of toilet paper off the roll without thinking twice. I tip taxi drivers so poorly I'm amazed none of them have run over my foot while speeding off.

Sloane Crosley

I AmPeopleSelfishThinkingI Can

I think I was brought up in a respectful household.

Tom Welling

ThinkUpI ThinkRespectfulBrought

My goal had been to win a championship, work toward the Hall of Fame, have my jersey retired by the team and I'd go in as a lifelong New York Giant, but I'm now resigned to the fact that this won't happen.

Michael Strahan

WorkNew YorkTeamWinGoalNew

I ended up being a businessman unwittingly. I wanted to be an academic; I wanted to be like Einstein.

Mo Ibrahim

UpAcademicBeingLikeBusinessman

Basically, I was a hippie and still am a flower child.

Donna Karan

FlowerChildHippieStillAm

Rock 'n' roll is ridiculous. It's absurd. In the past, U2 was trying to duck that. Now we're wrapping our arms around it and giving it a great big kiss.

Bono

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Campaigns bring out the warriors in everybody.

Nicolle Wallace

OutBringEverybodyWarriors

We know from our own history, and that of our neighbors, that where conflicts and disagreements are not resolved peacefully, the suffering and bloodshed that follows and the collapse of economic and social development leads to tragic consequences.

Mwai Kibaki

HistorySufferingConsequencesKnow

I can't believe, even in 'The Guardian,' people ask the questions, 'Where did ISIS come from?' 'How did this happen?' 'Why do young Muslim women go off to join them?' Maybe because we've been degrading their people since 1917. Maybe their teenage years are a little bit more stressed than that of Christianity.

Mark Rylance

WomenPeopleBelieveQuestionsYoung

The seeming antagonism between capital and labor is the result of deceptive appearance.

Leland Stanford

ResultAppearanceLaborCapital

Being the lead of the show and working a lot of hours - all good stuff, a tremendous education, incredible opportunity, it changed my life - it was a marathon, and by the end of it I was pretty beat.

James Van Der Beek

LifeEducationGoodOpportunityEnd

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