Mahershala Ali Quotes

Oakland, by far, is really gorgeous; it still has these pockets that are really dangerous. Certain things are kind of normal. I think kids out there can be tested in a way where his right of passage ties into a bit of violence and how that has become these markers in masculinity and you being kind of validated after having to pass through things.

Mahershala Ali

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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'Almost' is about uncertainty soon to be dismissed but not quite dispelled. 'Almost' is about revelation to come but not entirely promised.

Andre Aciman

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I'd like to get back into journalism. I'm hoping someone will offer me a job as a commentator or one of those political analysts that you see on the news shows all the time.

Jeff Gannon

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I think when someone who's known for doing drama does a comedy but just tries to be funny, that's a mistake.

Steve Carell

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I want my work to be judged, not me.

Steve Coogan

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No, our greatness does not come from our government.

Sonny Perdue

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When he entered the Oval Office - by fate, not by design - Citizen Ford knew that he was not perfect, just as he knew he was not perfect when he left. But what president ever was?

Tom Brokaw

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God looks after children, animals and idiots.

Lou Holtz

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I don't feel, 'I've made a great film'; I feel I've made what I set out to make.

Jonathan Glazer

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The camera can photograph thought.

Dirk Bogarde

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I always wanted to make a 'James Bond' film, and they only seemed to hire British directors, and I'd made 'Swingers' - they were never going to hire me for a 'James Bond' film off 'Swingers.'

Doug Liman

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I think that celebrities should never underestimate their power. I mean just to draw attention, because then people get involved on a personal level.

Debbie Gibson

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But in the back of my mind I've always looked to the biggest-scale Hollywood movies. Because to me the most satisfying experience is of watching a movie, if it's done really well. And so that aspiration is always it for me, if I have the opportunity to do it.

Christopher Nolan

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