"I have a bee in my bonnet as to how few black historical figures one sees on film; incredible stories, stories from which we are living the legacy and which just don't get made."

-- David Oyelowo

#Historical Quotes #Black Quotes #Stories Quotes

“I turned down a knighthood. It would be like having to wear a suit every day of your life.”
“Save me, save me, save me from this squeeze. I got a big fat mama trying to break me.”
“I am the son of two civilizations that at a certain age in history have formed a happy marriage. The first of these, seven thousand years old, is the Pharaonic civilization; the second, one thousand four hundred years old, is the Islamic civilization.”
“Itâ€™s daunting to find the language so foreign, so distant, but also so thrilling. One is absolved of responsibility when the language is incomprehensible.”
“Being a husband and a dad is my inspiration.”
“You can't break what's broken already.”

Source : "LeAnn Rimes, Eddie Cibrian Affair: Singer Cries Over Her ‘Broken’ First Marriage", www.huffingtonpost.com. December 9, 2012.
“I believe in this tragic hour you can make the right choice. The honor and glory of Russian men of arms shall not be stained with the blood of the people.”
“The best way to deal with jealousy is to just recognize it first if it comes up, breath with it and let it go, because you can never compare yourself to somebody else, because you are so different any unique,everybody is so different and unique, so focus on what your positive qualities are, and try and expand and grow on that so then u can be a better version of yourself.”

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