Forest Whitaker Quotes

I submerged myself in all the information that I could find about Idi Amin. I mean, before I left Los Angeles, I was studying Kiswahili. I was working on the dialect. I was studying every documentary and tape of him that I could find - not just visual, but also audiocassettes, even in other languages when he was speaking in other dialects.

Forest Whitaker

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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Shostakovich was one of the great symphonists of all time, and maybe the last great symphonist.

Andris Nelsons

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If you were to look back at me as a school kid you'd see a very quiet little church mouse kind of character.

John Lydon

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Thankfully, we didn't stop at Malta. I think Malta was thankful, too.

Spike Milligan

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Stanley Kubrick is one of the geniuses of this century.

Roberto Benigni

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It's hard to talk about yourself onstage and be sincere about it.

Mitzi Gaynor

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The ideal girl is driven, working on something other than modeling or being a singer.

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Amidst all the clutter, beyond all the obstacles, aside from all the static, are the goals set. Put your head down, do the best job possible, let the flak pass, and work towards those goals.

Donald Rumsfeld

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You would have thought that our first priority would be to ask what the ecologists are finding out, because we have to live within the conditions and principles they define. Instead, we've elevated the economy above ecology.

David Suzuki

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Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. Do, every day, something no one else would be silly enough to do. It is bad for the mind to continually be part of unanimity.

Christopher Morley

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My parents were all about education. My mother was a librarian - she retired after 30 years - and she made sure that we were always at museums, that we went to plays.

Courtney B. Vance

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As a director, or just a film fan who wants to enjoy the festival, Cannes is the worst place to be. But it must be a paradise for distributors and importers.

Bong Joon-ho

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Putting is like wisdom - partly a natural gift and partly the accumulation of experience.

Arnold Palmer

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