Forest Whitaker Quotes

I was in middle school right around the time the Bloods and the Crips started taking root in Compton and a lot of the other neighborhoods around me. I saw way too many of my peers - smart, kind, good kids - who got drawn into gangs and violence, and their futures were going to be forever scarred by that.

Forest Whitaker

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 15, 1961

Topics

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It's a great feeling knowing you've helped someone. That's what I've spent my life doing and my practice.

Joe Jamail

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I come to fight because I love to fight. It's my life.

Anderson Silva

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I met a hustler at a dinner party. He had been invited because I was looking for an adviser to help me with the street scenes. So we put him on the film.

John Schlesinger

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In the India I was growing up in, history wasn't really a wise career option. People would joke and say, 'History's okay, but what's your actual job?' I didn't come from a privileged background and couldn't afford to be irresponsible, so I did the pragmatic thing and did a MBA.

Amish Tripathi

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Under the Clean Air Act, the EPA has the ability to more stringently regulate dust. If the EPA determines more stringent standards are necessary, family farmers and ranchers, as well as rural economies, would be devastated.

Stephen Fincher

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When I look back at my journey, it gives me a sense of confidence. I have been through an odd journey from Delhi to Mumbai, struggling, not having a job, shifting houses... Today, I am giving interviews. So it does give me gratitude and confidence. The fear is gone.

Sidharth Malhotra

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These days it seems that every big, new, heavily promoted children's book is rather like the ghost of poor old Jacob Marley. Each one comes trailing a long, clanking chain of references - in the form of overexcited press releases and slightly hysterical jacket blurbs - to bestsellers of a supposedly similar nature.

Tony Bradman

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I guess haiku is an inspiration for me. Everyday, simple moments.

Misha Collins

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The factual reality is that the vast majority of immigrants - legal and illegal - contribute more to this country than they take out in social services.

Juan Williams

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I love getting dressed up doing the whole premiere look.

Josh Hutcherson

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I get bored if I do the same thing. The only constant that I have in my life is that I start whatever I do with my Total Gym, because I believe it helps keep me from getting injured.

Christie Brinkley

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I'm not the type to call people out.

Bobby Lashley

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