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Do what you have to do, to do what you want to do.

Denzel Washington

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Denzel Washington
Age: 69
Born: 1954
Born: December 28
Actor
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Denzel Hayes Washington Jr.
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I've always felt protected. That's the God's honest truth.
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You never know how you're going to affect people.
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My mother used to tell me man gives the award, God gives the reward. I don't need another plaque.
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I'm not afraid to upset people. But I am not as upset because I understand what I'm up against.
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I'm a parent. I think we're responsible for the problems that young people have. I believe that. I don't blame them for any of it. I blame us for what we haven't done as mothers and fathers, not sticking together as a unit.
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You start to find a rhythm and usually if it makes me laugh or comment in the editing room then I knew that's what's going to happen in the audience. That first reaction is usually the right reaction.
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I'm a positive person, so I don't get bogged down with it. If you're expecting that, if you wall in that, if you practice that, then you'll attract what you fear.
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In my humble opinion, in the nuclear world, the true enemy is war itself.
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Hate put me in prison. Love's gonna bust me out.
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Don't get all sentimental on me, Makes me think I'm gonna die.
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I am not going to bury my son! My son is going to bury me!
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When you trust the director you want to trust his or her choices. I don't want to say, 'No, I don't like this girl or that guy, when the director really loves them. No, you want to go with what the director likes.
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Don't aspire to make a living, aspire to make a difference.
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So the desire you have, that itch that you have to be whatever it is you want to be ... that itch, that desire for good is God’s proof to you sent already to indicate that it’s yours. You already have it. Claim it.
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We've all had some level of injustice, whether 20 years in prison, or 20 minutes sitting in your car waiting for a police officer to determine your future. Or even a few moments in an elevator with some woman clutching her purse thinking you're going to rob her ¾ regardless of celebrity, that has happened to me.
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