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“I would never be fearful of any character.”
Source : FaceBook post by Idris Elba from Feb 08, 2012 
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“I thought he had been shot.”
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“No society has been able to abolish human sadness, no political system can deliver us from the pain of living, from our fear of death, our thirst for the absolute. It is the human condition that directs the social condition, not vice versa.”
Source : "A Reply to Kenneth Tynan: The Playwright's Role". The Observer, June 29, 1958.
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“Compassion is fierce and strong, and it holds people accountable. But it doesn't do it with anger or judgment.”
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“Dominion does not mean domination. We hold dominion over animals only because of our powerful and ubiquitous intellect. Not because we are morally superior. Not because we have a "right" to exploit those who cannot defend themselves. Let us use our brain to move toward compassion and away from cruelty, to feel empathy rather than cold indifference, to feel animals' pain in our hearts.”
Source : Marc Bekoff (2013). “Why Dogs Hump and Bees Get Depressed: The Fascinating Science of Animal Intelligence, Emotions, Friendship, and Conservation”, p.310, New World Library
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“In prayer and in every work of your life avoid suspicious ness, doubt and diabolical imaginations. Let your spiritual eye be single, in order that the whole body of your prayer, of your works and of your life may be light.”
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“I have been typecast in my career, although the type changes with the decades.”
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“I always thought that sororities were just made up of cheerleaders from high school. And I kind of picked on those cheerleaders!”
Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
