Viola Davis Quotes

I just want different narratives for people of color, especially women of color. I just want something that's different. I don't want us to be put in a box. I want it to be kind of a redefinition of who were are. If I can even achieve that in a tiny way, I'll be good. I'll be good.

Viola Davis

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I won't let any of my friends become a fan. To me, you're either a friend or you're a fan. That doesn't mean my friends can't support me, because they all do, but they can't treat me differently than they would treat someone else. None of my friends are in awe of me.

Jeremy Lin

FriendSupportMeTreatSomeoneYou

Elvis may have been my first hero, but you couldn't relate to him.

Robert Hilburn

HeroYouFirstHimMayBeen

I grew up in a very Christian household. We went to church every Sunday whether I wanted to or not.

Tracy Lawrence

ChurchChristianSundayUpWanted

One of the difficulties about interviewing people in Rwanda is that the country is trying to get on with ordinary life and some people just don't want to get involved in this.

Tony Greig

LifePeopleTryingCountryWantGet

I write for film or, in this case, television when I haven't got a play cooking.

Tom Stoppard

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And in Freddy vs. Jason I like when Jason and I double team Destiny's Child.

Robert Englund

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The claim that too many criminals are being jailed, that there is over-incarceration, ignores an unfortunate fact: For the vast majority of crimes, a perpetrator is never identified or arrested, let alone prosecuted, convicted and jailed.

Tom Cotton

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If you want to help somebody, make sure you're coming from a place of clarity and complete non-judgment; that way, you can begin to understand their journey, too.

Mary Lambert

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Since governmental quotas expand bureaucratic power, provoke a backlash and are unfair to individuals, we need to find a better way to increase minority opportunities.

Marvin Olasky

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You don't see many people crying over the wrong they do to God every time His word is neglected or when one willfully sins.

Monica Johnson

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The Internet is truly God's gift to the Chinese people.

Liu Xiaobo

GodPeopleGiftInternetChinese

I don't have a brilliant body at all. I've got very broad shoulders. I've got very big feet. I've also got a very muscular neck.

Jaye Davidson

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