M. Clarke Quotes

The white woman has never had the co-equal status that the African woman has had.

You look at the Pyramids. They're not one fraction of an inch off in terms of their alignment. They were built without a bonding agent.

Attending church is one thing, belonging is another.

Clowns don't build institutions, nor do boxers.

No more religion anymore. No more who's a Moslem and who's a Protestant.

I attended a Baptist church as a child and was an avid reader starting with the Bible.

With no specific procedure, man arrived at sweeping conclusions about the universe that have proven to be true.

Eat bread. You don't know if it's been polluted. Drink water, you don't know whether it's been polluted. So living is a test.

I make a special point of working on Thanksgiving Day. I have friends I go out with but I even make it plain to them. The standard reason for Thanksgiving doesn't mean nothing to me.

I don't think at my age... you can start ruling people out in politics.

We had this scene where I'm supposed to be bending over to get something. I thought it was kind of cute.

I'm getting a lot of roles as women who are very powerful. I think that's a reflection of me as a person.

I don't like it when someone can look you in the eye and lie to you, or pretend that they're more than you.

I tell people, 'It's just like a cliche, but it's true: In Hollywood, dreams can come true.'

My best advice about working in Hollywood is: Save your money!

I try to avoid typecasting by doing different roles.

I love acting it's apart of me and I try to put a little bit of myself in each of my roles.

The government needs the help of industry. But the reality is companies will balance that against their own commercial interest in a very competitive market.

I really don't have favorites; I'm just a fan of movies, period.

When I get the chance, I'm at the theaters all the time, trying to check out the latest movies.

I don't like doing things that are too easy.

I'd always much rather be second choice on anything because it makes you work harder.

You have to show the negative to show the positivity that comes from it.

I think most people, no matter their status now, have big screen TVs, because they're the standard TVs now. And so why would you go to the cinema?

I was offered and accepted a part in 'A Few Best Men,' and then the Australian actor's union argued that there were too many British actors. And the director decided to lose me.

I allowed the actors to have freedom and sometimes change words if they needed to or thought that another word was more current.

Let's start doing new and different things that enable us all to grow as a film culture and a community in total.

Bullying isn't about size, it's about intimidation.

I couldn't tell you the ratio, but probably for every job you see me do, there would be 20 rejections.

I think it's important that we have a new batch of British film-makers that aren't doing the same old stuff. And that includes me.

I can't always be making "British films". Why should we be making films about corsets and horses and girls learning to drive when Americans send over an event movie and make five or 10 million?

I don't think anyone expected me to get the BAFTA. The bookies didn't have me down. It's definitely made a huge difference in my career, but I don't dwell on it.

I don't think I'm egotistical, and I know what my limits are: I'm a black guy who's probably losing his hair. But I'm happy to play roles that I'm given, and I'm happy to play roles that I write.

After Kidulthood, I was called in to a meeting and told that I didn't write women very well. I was very annoyed.

'Pulp Fiction' blew my mind; beforehand, I'd watch films and there was a beginning, middle and an end, and that's it. There is in that film, too, but it's out of sequence.

I just started to write because I was fed up of not seeing the stories that I wanted, so I was like “Stop moaning and write something.”

When I wrote 'Kidulthood,' I didn't even know there was going to be a 'Kidulthood.' I just wanted to test myself to see if I could write a script.

Democracies don't prepare well for things that have never happened before.

We can literally unplug a country from the Internet. We ought to think about unplugging them.

Many dogs will give a greeting grin much like a human smile.

I think we have to be very careful. If we do go back in, we need to understand why and what the probability of success is and exactly what we're going to do and what the limits are.

Work is doing what you now enjoy for the sake of a future which you clearly see and desire. Drudgery is doing under strain what you don't now enjoy and for no end that you can now appreciate.

Worship renews the spirit as sleep renews the body.

Out of many shared years. One life.

Work is the best of all psychotherapy, in my opinion. . . . As well might we expect a patient to recover without food as to recover without work.

The eternal Son of God became the sinless son of Man that the sinful sons of men might become the beloved sons of God.

When you win a Grammy, it links a certain prestige and importance to you, you know? People want to talk to you.

I think I've done more recording in the past 10 years than most people, but it's all been directed toward film composing and soundtracks. Just the same, it's been great.

I really like sometimes to do action pictures; I get a really big kick out of doing those.

The point is, technology has empowered so many musicians, you know?