"When I did A Soldier's Story, I..." - Quote by Denzel Washington
When I did A Soldier's Story, I was very young and green and thought I knew everything-now I know I know everything!
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“[Black people] come into the world exactly like you. It's just that there are circumstances in the culture that are dictated and put on our lives that we have to fight against.”
“I'll be working with Ridley's [Scott] brother, Tony, again, someone who needless to say we've had a great amount of success together. I trust him - so I won't have to think about it or I'll try not to.”
“Hate, hatred for yourself, for other people, will confine you, but love can set you free.”
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“The chess master says nothing, other than moving the silient chess piece.”
“We shall not fail - if we stand firm, we shall not fail. Wise counsels may accelerate, or mistakes delay it, but, sooner or later, the victory is sure to come.”
“Understanding isn't learned from punishment and anger. An iron has no gentle touch, and love ain't learned from hate.”
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“Teenagers expressing this on a daily basis in the middle of the streets - you can't help but believe we are in the mind state of taking our losses and changing people's perceptions of us and our community. We are strong. Our families are tired of being hurt.”
“Age is no better, hardly so well, qualified for an instructor as youth, for it has not profited so much as it has lost.”
“To all, I would say how mistaken they are when they think that they stop falling in love when they grow old, without knowing that they grow old when they stop falling in love...”