Idris Elba Quotes

If you go to Africa and you're white, you're probably not going to get that much work either. But the fact is that there is a longer history of black integration in the U.S. I don't have any resentment about this: I did the maths, calculated it against my ambition and decided to leave England.

Idris Elba

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

WorkHistoryAmbitionBlackYouGo

To be with the others, you have to have your hair short and wear ties. So we're trying to make a third world happen, you know what I mean?

Jimi Hendrix

HairWorldShortTryingYouKnow

I am a serious businesswoman. I don't enjoy being out there on TV; it's not what I do well. But I love building companies; I love making products.

Jennifer Flavin

LoveI AmBuildingEnjoySerious

But I don't read a lot of fiction. I prefer the nonfiction stuff.

Andy Richter

FictionNonfictionReadStuffLot

We are at the point where game designers have become celebrities due to the size of the market they serve.

John Romero

GameBecomeSizePointServeMarket

It makes you more open, it gives you perspective, having a child.

Tracey Ullman

PerspectiveChildYouMoreOpen

It was a wealthy family, and they heard me talk about movies, and they told me I should go into movies. That's the benefit of hanging out with rich people; they have no sense of what is or isn't possible.

Michael Patrick Jann

FamilyPeopleMeRichGoPossible

For right now, I still believe that college is what's going to make me the happiest girl.

Missy Franklin

GirlCollegeMeBelieveNowRight

Losing has nothing to do with geography.

Chuck Noll

LosingGeographyNothing

I am so happy, so in love, and so content.

Brooke Burns

LoveI AmHappyContentAm

The trouble with the future is that it usually arrives before we're ready for it.

Arnold H. Glasow

FutureReadyTroubleBefore

There are definitely people who are stuck in the '60s and there are definitely people who think I am and it's just not true. I was performing for a long time before the '60s and I'll be doing exciting interesting things for along time to come.

Petula Clark

TimeI AmPeopleThinkInteresting

Most of my friends who got shows right away are still just doing shows, and they have no need to create.

Riki Lindhome

FriendsDoingCreateNeedRightGot

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