Mahershala Ali Quotes

I got my Equity card right out of NYU grad school in 2000, doing 'The Great White Hope' at Arena Stage. I played Jack Jefferson. It was an amazing part to walk into, to carry that responsibility for that amount of time. The challenges and the breadth of that role were pretty amazing.

Mahershala Ali

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Author Biography

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

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I have never been the mousy, stand-two-paces-behind, obedient 'little woman' type.

Joan Collins

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Saddle bronc is the quintessential rodeo sport - not the chaos of bull riding or the thrashing of bareback riding. It might be harder than both.

John Branch

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In America, we have three major sports - baseball, football and basketball. They get the most coverage. Then there's things like golf which mop up most of what is left. But track and field? We are way at the bottom of the totem pole.

Maurice Greene

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I'm weirdly flexible, so when I dance, I dance like a 17-year-old girl.

Michael Angarano

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There is no such thing as several Romanias, but only politicians who divide Romania depending on the interests of their parties and their clout.

Traian Basescu

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Good parts should always scare you a little bit, and good parts... you might not get advice to do them.

Tom Selleck

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My goal is to get another 30 years out of this business. So I need to figure out the fuel to do that. And so far, I think it's respect and quality and company, not celebrity or box office or stardom. It's not a sprinter's approach. It's more like a long-distance thing. You can stick around a lot longer if you kind of slow-play it.

Jason Bateman

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When it comes to fighting and other fighters, I try to be respectful.

Jon Jones

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Unless you sell millions, I think it's very hard as a writer not to feel anxious about what you put out. I always feel I could do better.

Jojo Moyes

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For us to maintain our way of living, we must tell lies to each other and especially to ourselves. The lies are necessary because, without them, many deplorable acts would become impossibilities.

Derrick Jensen

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Having inner beauty is something you develop on your own, and I like to think I have that.

Cindy Margolis

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I've done a lot of genre movies.

Wyck Godfrey

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