Forest Whitaker Quotes

If I go to a reunion in east Texas, my mother's side or my father's, one out of ten is a preacher or a teacher. That's just the way it is in my family.

Forest Whitaker

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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Taking the life of another is always a moral crime.

Angelo Scola

LifeMoralCrimeAlwaysTaking

What we need is hatred. From it our ideas are born.

Jean Genet

IdeasBornHatredNeedOur

As an actor, you always dream of having material that showcases what you can do.

Michael B. Jordan

YouDreamActorAlwaysMaterial

For scholarship - if it is to be scholarship - requires, in addition to liberty, that the truth take precedence over all sectarian interests, including self-interest.

John Polanyi

TruthLibertyScholarshipOverTake

When I left the country to study in the U.K., I suddenly realized, and I'm still realizing, how much other stuff is out there - like My Bloody Valentine, who millions of people are passionate about, but they're still considered an 'underground' band.

St. Lucia

PeopleCountryPassionateBandStudy

If people are asking me for clubbing tips, then they're in real trouble. My clubbing tip is never go to a club, because they're horrible and I hate them. I'm more of a dinner party guy.

Simon Bird

HatePeopleMeDinnerPartyTrouble

Genealogy is among the fastest-growing leisure pursuits in the U.K. Indeed, the urge to uncover the truth about our ancestors has proved so compelling that, when the 1901 census first went online, the website crashed after a million people logged on within hours of its launch.

Rory Bremner

TruthPeopleWebsiteAncestorsFirst

Know that as a Christian, your destiny is to be Christlike in all of your ways.

Joyce Meyer

DestinyChristianKnowYourWays

Fundamentalism takes different forms in different religions, but there is one striking similarity in all forms of fundamentalist thought. Each wishes dearly to hold in check all varieties of 'modern' or 'decadent' thinking.

Jay Parini

ThinkingThoughtWishesReligions

I like Nirvana, but I couldn't say that I was influenced by them. I like to tell a story.

Art Alexakis

StorySayTellNirvanaLikeThem

Rugby gave me a confidence. I was quite shy and relatively timid, but it gave me the confidence to be a little bit more out-going and back myself a bit more.

Brian O'Driscoll

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The populists are right in one key area: voters want jobs and equitable growth, and can hardly be faulted for that. The challenge is to find a more inclusive growth trajectory that can be sustained economically, ecologically, and politically.

Arancha Gonzalez

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