My role 14 years ago in Richard III - that was the first time I played a bad guy and learned a lot about it - they have all the fun!
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The lessons I learned in Sunday School have kept me on track
Interpretation
Valuable lessons from childhood can guide and support us throughout life.
Denzel Washington emphasizes the significance of early teachings, particularly those received in Sunday School, as foundational lessons that influence our moral and ethical compass. These teachings serve as a guiding framework, helping to keep individuals focused and grounded as they navigate the complexities of life.
In practice
In a graduation speech highlighting the importance of moral education.
My role 14 years ago in Richard III - that was the first time I played a bad guy and learned a lot about it - they have all the fun!
I'd be more frightened by not using whatever abilities I'd been given. I'd be more frightened by procrastination and laziness.
Man gives you the award but God gives you the reward.
You have to grab moments when they happen. I like to improvise and ad lib.
I work hard for the audience. It's entertainment. I don't need validation.
Money doesn't buy happiness. Some people say it's a heck of a down payment, though.
Just be yourself, there is no one better.
There is a way to look at the past. Don't hide from it. It will not catch you if you don't repeat it.
When you feel perpetually unmotivated, you start questioning your existence in an unhealthy way; everything becomes a pseudo intellectual question you have no interest in responding whatsoever. This whole process becomes your very skin and it does not merely affect you; it actually defines you. So, you see yourself as a shadowy figure unworthy of developing interest, unworthy of wondering about the world - profoundly unworthy in every sense and deeply absent in your very presence.
Thinking about how disturbingly herdlike people become in so many different contexts - mimetic theory forces you to think about that, which is knowledge that's generally suppressed and hidden. As an investor-entrepreneur, I've always tried to be contrarian, to go against the crowd, to identify opportunities in places where people are not looking.
Fools call wise men fools. A wise man never calls any man a fool.
A noble hunger, long unsatisfied, met at last its proper food.
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