Idris Elba Quotes

If you are going to call a film a 'black film' then you have to make a film that represents everyone that's black, which is almost impossible. That is why white films are not called white films, they are just called 'films.'

Idris Elba

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: September 6, 1972

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I've been thinking a lot about next year, which will be the first time in 25 years that I don't have a child at home.

Jessica Lange

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You have to fight the green monster with your mind, not your fists.

Matthew Broderick

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Turn your scars into stars.

Robert H. Schuller

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We live in a kissy society.

Michael Bergin

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After every loss, you want to trade everybody. I've felt that way several times.

Stan Van Gundy

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I have so much going on inside my head in terms of writing, there's such a large space in my life taken up by that. I can't imagine it being taken up by a husband and children and writing, and everything getting its due. I don't believe there is room for all of it. I really don't.

Shonda Rhimes

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It's time to update our workplace policies to reflect the realities of the 21st-century labor force and to support modern working families. It's time to continue our nation's long commitment to supporting unemployed workers by extending emergency unemployment compensation.

Tom Perez

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When I was growing up, there were just the three channels, so as a nation we all sat down to the same meal at the end of the day. Now there's been this explosion.

Rory Bremner

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I appreciate someone who stands out and stands up for what he believes in, because that's what I'm trying to do.

Dolph Ziggler

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While we are sleeping, two-thirds of the world is plotting to do us in.

Dean Rusk

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This land is your land and this land is my land, sure, but the world is run by those that never listen to music anyway.

Bob Dylan

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I enjoy doing standup, but when I'm 50, I don't know if I'll still enjoy doing standup. It might be one of those things where I find other palettes that I want to paint on and make comedic.

Wyatt Cenac

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