Mahershala Ali Quotes
Cultures and races are mixing in a very organic way in the world, and that should be reflected in film and television.
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If you are hopeful, if you are optimistic, other people want to help you. And if you are down in the dumps, other people may still help you, but I've noticed that they're walking, not running, over to you.
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May He who holds in his hands the destinies of nations, make you worthy of the favors He has bestowed, and enabled you with pure hearts and hands and sleepless vigilance, to guard and defend to the end of time, the great charge He has committed to your keeping.
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I don't mind talking about 'what might have been,' but I am not one to doubt or regret most of my decisions.
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Listen to the Bee Gees and you can learn to be a great writer.
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I hope Obama gets scary in the next four years, 'cuz he ain't gotta worry about getting re-elected.
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In the final analysis this congressional race is always going to be a close race, whether there's a presidential race or governor's race or not. But is this a better year? Yes, this would probably be a better year.
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I actually started playing in little cafes around New York, and I have a lot of good friends of mine who are musicians who are struggling in New York.
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It was hard at school because, growing up, some people wanted to be friends with me just because they wanted to get to my dad and say that they had met him and had gone to our house. I didn't understand it at the time, but the older I got and the more aware of it I became, it started becoming hard.
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I like being unconventional.
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Many people think fairy tales and retellings of fairy tales are only for children, but I'm not the only writer to take an old tale and retell it for a sophisticated adult audience.
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A person isn't who they are during the last conversation you had with them - they're who they've been throughout your whole relationship.
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The nearest approach I have ever seen to the symmetry of ancient sculpture was among the Arab tribes of Ethiopia. Our Saxon race can supply the athlete, but not the Apollo.
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Mama is my chance to be a stand-up comedian. In my mind, it's my chance to be Chris Rock.
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I retreat to my cave in a very male fashion.
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My favourite job hands down - and I think I can speak for everyone involved - was 'Breaking Bad.'
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I come by writing dialogue fairly naturally, I've got a chatty family; I'm a bit of a voyeur, and if I'm ever in a public place, I automatically find myself listening.
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You can't trust water: Even a straight stick turns crooked in it.
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Dick Cheney and Bush's rise to power were built on tons of money from corporations and a dulled press.
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I've often been asked to run for office. I have no desire to do that, I would not want my time with the family or the company restricted because of the demands of an elected position.
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'Grandmother' doesn't mean that you have gray hair and you retire and stay home cooking cakes for your grandchildren.
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The men at the factory are old and cunning
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I'm trying to be a singer, not a civil rights leader.
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Your body has space within you that cannot die.
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Cultures and races are mixing in a very organic way in the world, and that should be reflected in film and television.