Mahershala Ali Quotes

At that moment in time when we feel like the other, we were not the person embraced, not one of the cool kids, not in the club - when you're that person, it makes you feel smaller, and when they persecute you as a result, that's a difficult position to be in.

Mahershala Ali

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 16, 1974

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The film is not a success until it makes money. It's only good when there's a dollar figure attached to the box office.

John Cusack

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I see myself and many artists like me as the torchbearers through these dark ages.

John Zorn

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You must be passionate, you must dedicate yourself, and you must be relentless in the pursuit of your goals. If you do, you will be successful.

Steve Garvey

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It's a lie, but Heaven will forgive you for it.

Stephen Leacock

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Why do they call it rush hour when nothing moves?

Robin Williams

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The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.

Michel de Montaigne

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I always try to make popular films. Even in black-and-white and silent.

Michel Hazanavicius

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But the fact is, I'm not work-identified. I'm not a lawyer or a writer. I'm a mom, and I'm a woman, and that's the kind of people I want to see in books in the starring role.

Lisa Scottoline

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'Soul Train' was developed as a radio show on television. It was the radio show that I always wanted and never had.

Don Cornelius

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I am traditional: a big note writer, and I like using the phone.

Allison Williams

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My own life values were shaped in great part by my mother, who instigated women's clubs in my village. Women were able to organize and stand together. What inspired me most about their work was the power it gave them to assert their rights and the rights of their daughters, be it education or property inheritance.

Winnie Byanyima

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To cherish others is to cherish ourselves. To cherish ourselves is to cherish others. And in that same way, we relate to the truth. If we support it, if we embrace it, if we uphold it, we will be embraced by it, we will be supported and upheld by it.

Sharon Salzberg

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