Yahya Abdul-Mateen II Quotes

I wanted to be an architect, and I ended up at my job in San Francisco, and if you would have asked me then, that was one of the greatest jobs that had happened to me in terms of my career.

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 15, 1986

Topics

JobMeYouCareerUpGreatest

I think that often in the United States we're very blind to the ways that history lives in the present.

Jesmyn Ward

HistoryThinkBlindPresentUnited

I'd like to think life has improved since 1850, despite the long hours we all seem to spend slaving over hot computers, but the psychological journeys remain the same - the search for love, identity, a meaningful place in the world.

Meg Rosoff

LifeLoveIdentityWorldThinkLong

We all know from growing up with TV that John Wells shows are usually very large ensembles with amazingly written characters. He tends to redefine the way stories are told in a specific genre, whether it's 'China Beach,' 'The West Wing,' or 'E.R.'

Michael Cudlitz

BeachGrowing UpGrowingKnowWay

You can't patent a move. It's challenging enough to come up with a move that nobody else does... I try and do things that I would want to see done that I haven't seen other people do. Most wrestlers obviously don't think that way, and instead they steal somebody's move as soon as they've gone on to the next company.

Rob Van Dam

PeopleThinkEnoughYouNobodyDone

You want to learn everything that you possibly can, chew it, digest it, and take it for what it is, and then move on.

Mike Singletary

LearnYouMove OnWantEverything

I always loved silent movies. I was not a specialist, but I loved them. And when I started directing, I became really fascinated by the format - how it works, the device of the silent movie.

Michel Hazanavicius

LovedMoviesSilentAlwaysStarted

There is two kinds of music, the good, and the bad. I play the good kind.

Louis Armstrong

GoodMusicBadPlayKindTwo

I love berries. Strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, black berries, anything with an 'errie' in it!

Jordin Sparks

LoveBlackStrawberriesAnything

I did my first apprenticeship when I was 15, then joined the union when I was 17. I worked every summer in high school and college.

Christopher Reeve

SchoolCollegeHigh SchoolSummer

I love having the opportunity to perform, and I hate not being given the opportunity to perform.

Christie Laing

LoveOpportunityHateBeingGiven

The idea that somebody who has done something horrible in a war is not willing to talk about it for 32 years is hardly a shocking idea. Quite the contrary.

Bob Kerrey

WarDoneTalkYearsSomethingIdea

Worry is the stomach's worst poison.

Alfred Nobel

WorryWorstStomachPoison

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