Taraji P. Henson Quotes

A lot of times characters are combinations of people I come across in life. I people-watch a lot.

Taraji P. Henson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actress
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 11, 1970

Topics

LifePeopleComeCharactersAcross

My father liked doing carpentry work, construction work, in the summer vacation. And so my mother designed a cabin, a log cabin, like a - it was like a Swiss chalet. I was twelve years old, and my father and I built it on a rocky point peninsula out into Lake Superior.

John Lautner

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Most of the appearance of mirth in the world is not mirth, it is art. The wounded spirit is not seen, but walks under a disguise.

Robert South

ArtWorldAppearanceSpiritSeen

I have written some songs, but I would really call what I've done poetry at the end of the day, because I'll sit with my guitar for hours and hours on end for, like, a week and then I won't touch it for a month. I also just have no confidence. And you know what? I don't have time, because I'd rather be doing other things, like knitting.

Amanda Seyfried

ConfidenceTimeDayPoetryEndYou

I never saw myself not being a stand-up. That was my plan.

Steve Harvey

MyselfPlanNeverBeingSaw

It is my conviction that becoming economically and socially vulnerable puts you at the mercy of people surrounding you. It is as if you no longer exist as a human being and are no longer worthy of respect.

Rula Ghani

RespectPeopleYouMercyHuman

My parents would read those books to me as well but they used to make me starving when I was a kid because they were always eating ham sandwiches with the crusts off and drinking ginger beer.

Mike Myers

BeerParentsMeEatingKidAlways

The marble not yet carved can hold the form of every thought the greatest artist has.

Michelangelo

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When I was 16 years old, I assembled a 2.3 million electron volt beta particle accelerator. I went to Westinghouse, I got 400 pounds of translator steel, 22 miles of copper wire, and I assembled a 6-kilowatt, 2.3 million electron accelerator in the garage.

Michio Kaku

SteelOldYearsMilesGotMillion

I have great respect for Harvey as an artist, and owe him and his brother a debt of gratitude for the early success in my career, including the Oscar.

Mira Sorvino

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I like costumes. I am always dressing up - I'm very English like that.

Lou Doillon

I AmAlwaysDressingUpEnglishAm

My experiences have shown me that when an opportunity bigger than you comes along and you feel unprepared and doubtful, it is important to permit those emotions and let that energy drive you and inspire you to move forward.

Clemantine Wamariya

OpportunityMeDriveEnergyForward

My dad was very explosive, God rest his soul. He could fly off the handle like no one I've ever known, and I have definitely got that in my personality: that ability to sort of smash the house up and then say, 'Put the kettle on,' to have that kind of attitude of, 'Well, I'm OK now, so everybody else has got to be OK.'

Boy George

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