"I use my job to engage empathy and compassion for people society might stereotype or ostricise."

--

Source : "Michael K Williams on drugs, guns and avocados". Interview With Lanre Bakare, www.theguardian.com. January 13, 2015.

Michael K. Williams

#Jobs Quotes #Compassion Quotes #People Quotes

“We don't do ambivalence well in America. We do courage of our convictions. We do might makes right. Ambivalence is French. Certainty is American.”
“I believe that having something new happen, no matter how small, is what makes for a healthy day, no matter how many days may be left.”
“My major league debut came at old Busch Stadium on Grand Avenue in St. Louis, against the Pittsburgh Pirates. The first pitch I threw was to third baseman Bob Bailey. It was a fastball, low and away. He ripped it for a home run down the left field line. I said, 'Damn, that was a pretty good pitch.”
“I think personal style starts from within because itÂ´s a philosophy and an attitude. If youÂ´re honest and true to yourself, you will have the best sense of personal style.”
“A system is a set of things people, cells, molecules, or whatever interconnected in such a way that they produce their own pattern of behavior over time... The system, to a large extent, causes its own behavior.”

Source : Donella Meadows (2008). “Thinking in Systems: A Primer”, p.2, Chelsea Green Publishing
“To a large degree, we are still bound to the modern scientific spirit, that characterizes reality merely by its material and mechanic aspects, without including life, consciousness and the intimate communion with that which poets, musicians and artists bring us in their magnificent works.”
“In Cuba I have always understood harsh treatment of dissenting voices as stemming from a "siege situation" imposed upon it from outside. And I believe that to a certain extent that is true.”
“And, you know, like I said, I'm not looking forward to a trial.”

You may also like:

Gretchen Mol
Film actress
Idris Elba
Actor
Kelly Macdonald
Actress
Michael Fassbender
Actor
Michael Shannon
Actor
Michael Stuhlbarg
Film actor
Steve Buscemi
Actor
Wendell Pierce
Actor
Felicia Pearson
Actress