Forest Whitaker Quotes

I fell through a stage once. I was doing a truly African dance, and all of a sudden, I hit the ground with my foot and went straight through the stage. I guess they didn't have much money, so the floor was kind of rotting.

Forest Whitaker

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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I notice now, whatever character in whatever movie you're watching, they have these toned arms and muscles.

Jill Clayburgh

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The IRS! They're like the Mafia, they can take anything they want!

Jerry Seinfeld

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One fine day I discovered that more complex plays really have to be directed.

Trevor Nunn

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I love having debates with people when they are debates but some people, you just can't. Some people shouldn't be given the oxygen.

Russell T Davies

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Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that are called evils, to surrender to them our freedom, in defiance of which we ought to face any suffering.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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You cannot oppose reasoning to pride, the principal of all the vices, since, by its very nature, the proud man refuses to listen to it.

Jules Verne

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False riches, consisting of money, houses and lands, acquired by selfish means at cost to others and thereafter used selfishly, are almost always used for the oppression of other persons.

Joseph Franklin Rutherford

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There has to be a common sense cutoff for craziness, and when that threshold is exceeded, then the criteria for publication should get far, far more stringent.

Douglas Hofstadter

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I think, as long as you're secure with yourself and happy with yourself, it really doesn't matter what the world around you thinks.

Coco Rocha

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Most women I know are not actresses, but they work for the U.N. or are documentary filmmakers, anthropologists.

Annabelle Wallis

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People say I'm controversial. But I think I lead a very balanced and normal life.

Ricardo Salinas Pliego

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A frustration I have is that a lot of people increasingly seem to equate an advertising business model with somehow being out of alignment with your customers. I think it's the most ridiculous concept.

Mark Zuckerberg

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