Viola Davis Quotes

I've had to sink my teeth into a role that was probably a fried-chicken dinner and make it into a filet mignon.

Viola Davis

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When I started out, I was absolutely awful, I had no voice, I didn't have a lot of stage presence and most of the interpretive intensity that I brought to the experience was actually terror.

Jimmy Webb

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To regard the soul and body as one, or to ascribe to consciousness a physiological origin, is not detracting from its divinity; it is rather conferring divinity upon the body.

John Burroughs

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I don't think quantitative easing is deliberately misleading, but I do think it's suspiciously bland and reassuring. It doesn't sound like anything big, experimental, scary and strange - which is what many economists think it is.

John Lanchester

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Just follow the rules. Always have a designated driver. Don't be doing anything to make someone mad. And just walk away from the trouble.

Rob Gronkowski

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Ocean rowing is very much what you make it. Rowing technique is pretty irrelevant on the ocean. It's the psychology that's important.

Roz Savage

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When they were in Papua New Guinea, God just totally grabbed a hold of Will's heart and totally changed him. And within three months he was saved and he's never looked back since.

Michael Scott

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I listen to music, I read scripts, and I know pretty intuitively if I can unlock it in a way. It's actually very liberating when you understand that not everything is for you.

Diane Paulus

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I sense from people that they get frustrated with me for not being out and about. But I guess I'm a shy boy.

Christopher Lloyd

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As a negotiator, you should strive for a reputation of being fair. Your reputation precedes you. Let it precede you in a way that paves success.

Christopher Voss

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With a book, you're guaranteed the audience has a certain skill level and that the audience has to make an ongoing effort to consume this product and that the project is being consumed by just one person at a time. I really want to play to that strength because it's one of the few advantages books still have.

Chuck Palahniuk

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Successful people breed success.

Phil Crosby

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You can't pander to your audience. You might in the short term, but ultimately you can't hoodwink them, either.

Peter Maxwell Davies

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