Will Smith's acting reaffirms my belief in the American perfection.
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BENNET OMALU All the NFL players I have examined pathologically, I have not seen one that did not have changes in...
BENNET OMALU As a physician, I'm somewhat an advocate of patients. How come, before Mike Webster, no NFL play...
BENNET OMALU A child who plays a game of football for one season without any documented concussion - several mont...
BENNET OMALU Chronic means long term. Traumatic means associated with trauma. Encephalopathy means a bad brain.
BENNET OMALU We are members of one another. What binds us together is far greater than what separates us... becau...
BENNET OMALU Yes, the concept that blunt-force trauma of the head causes brain damage is a generally accepted pri...
BENNET OMALU What I did when I identified Mike Webster's thing, I showed it to other doctors. We all agreed t...
BENNET OMALU I grew up in Africa, in Nigeria. I never knew, I never had any reasonable encounter with football. I...
BENNET OMALU Actually, I'm for football. But I'm for intelligent football that enhances us rather than fo...
BENNET OMALU No, no, I don't watch football. The last time I tried watching was the last Super Bowl. The prob...
BENNET OMALU Trust in the great American ingenuity. We can derive more intelligent, more brain-friendly ways we c...
BENNET OMALU I meet with retired football players. Some are well-dressed, some are well-spoken, but when you talk...
BENNET OMALU My son is 6. I wouldn't let my six-year-old son near any football field. And if any coach asks m...
BENNET OMALU I am a spiritual person. I'm a Catholic. I treat my patients, the dead patients, as live patient...
BENNET OMALU There is no safe blow to the head, especially for a child.
BENNET OMALU Let's head out to the ruins." - Dan Cahill
ROLAND SMITH My mother's wonderful. To me she's perfection.
MICHAEL JACKSON The big gamble in 'Focus' - it's a Will Smith movie that dares to be small.
RICHARD CORLISS I speak to my agent about great roles, and he's like, 'They are all going to Will Smith.'...
CUBA GOODING, JR. Working with Will Smith was one of the highlights of my career. He is so talented and has a tremendo...
KIM FIELDS For my own part, my belief in the perfection of the Deity will not permit me to believe that a book ...
THOMAS PAINE Will Smith is one of my favorite actors, and he's also a triple threat. He successfully crossed ...
KAT GRAHAM Annie Lee Smith was my mother's name. My father's name was George Washington Smith. I have t...
BRUCE SMITH My belief about acting in one foot on a banana peel and the other one in the grave.
MARK RUFFALO I will not allow a Delia Smith cookbook in my house! It's all so precise with Delia, and it make...
THERESA MAY Omalu first found the tau 'threads' in the brain of former Steeler Mike Webster in 2002 and ...
JEANNE MARIE LASKAS My favourite movie right now is probably 'Hitch', a Will Smith thing.
CHRIS MONEYMAKER I love acting. It's my playground, it let's me explore. But my happiness in this world - my ...
CHRIS EVANS The Will Smith that you see in movies is exactly the same as Will Smith in real life. Except for whe...
KURT FULLER My first real acting gig was probably playing Mamillius in my mother's 'Winter's Tale....
LOGAN MARSHALL-GREEN I grew up in a family business... that really has provided the core of my belief in American small b...
KAREN MILLS We must be able to inspire. That's my goal in acting.
PORTIA DE ROSSI It's hard to be a celebrity nowadays. It's not about your track record anymore. If you have ...
JAMIE FOXX My belief is India's banking industry will continue to grow at two and a half times the GDP grow...
CHANDA KOCHHAR I had to focus and create a character in Bagger Vance, not just do my 'Will Smith' thing and...
WILL SMITH It's all about hustling, whether it's in Boston or the film industry. I've been hustling...
MARK WAHLBERG Music is my life - acting's just a hobby.
STEVE BURNS Where we've gotten mixed up is that we believe actions follow belief. But experience creates belief....
REV CECIL WILLIAMS This country has been unconscious, and it's got to awake. That's my belief.
CHARLES OLSON My parents, Mary Agnes Smith and Rowland Smith, both had to work since their early teens, she in the...
MICHAEL SMITH Herbert Hoover versus Al Smith in 1928 was one of the dirtiest elections in American history.
JOSEPH CUMMINS I think acting is definitely the most fulfilling, because it's the most challenging in my mind.
ESTELLA WARREN Acting is in my family. My cousins, my sister, and I always say it's a legacy that should be kep...
HAILEY BALDWIN Every film by Will Smith, Harry Belafonte, Sidney Poitier, Lena Horne, Ruby Dee, Don Cheadle will ha...
BRIAN J. WHITE Acting for me is very therapeutic. It's my shrink.
TARAJI P. HENSON The greatest American superstition is a belief in facts
HERMANN KEYSERLING Campaigning and acting aren't compatible. That's why Audrey Hepburn gave up acting. That'...
MARION COTILLARD Acting is like driving; you can never forget it, and it's in my blood.
KARISMA KAPOOR I consider acting a day job - it's not my dream; it's not my be-all, end-all.
EVANGELINE LILLY Broadly speaking, there are two kinds of acting: character acting and lead acting. And in my life, t...
HUGH GRANT I really like acting in French. It's actually quite different for me, from acting in English. It...
KRISTIN SCOTT THOMAS To be compared to Will Smith is probably one of the coolest things because that's who I came up ...
NICK CANNON The relentless pursuit of perfection has been my problem over the years. It's maybe held me back...
RONNIE O'SULLIVAN I'm an Anti-Nationalist (Nationalism - The belief that nations will benefit from acting independentl...
KAMANDA NDAMA An orthodox belief in big government's inefficiency cannot coexist with an orthodox belief in pr...
TIMOTHY NOAH Fortunately, as we all know, it's impossible for anybody but Jimmy Smith to really sound like Ji...
BENMONT TENCH Still, it's tough trying to combine my acting career with my college career.
BEVERLEY MITCHELL I love acting. It's my playground; it lets me explore. But my happiness in this world, my level ...
CHRIS EVANS It's an acting job - acting natural.
ALISTAIR COOKE My success isn't a result of arrogance - it's a result of belief.
CONOR MCGREGOR Acting is the expression of a neurotic impulse. It's a bum's life. Quitting acting, that'...
MARLON BRANDO If you say John Smith is the greatest wrestler in Oklahoma history, now that's big.
DANIEL CORMIER It's a career that's enticing because you go on stage, for example, and people clap. You get...
MIRANDA OTTO You've got to keep taking certain risks, because my priority is in acting, it's not in movie...
GARY SINISE Will Smith is fantastic.
JERRY WEINTRAUB My whole life had split in two: Smith and not Smith. I liked the Smith parts of it so much better. SARRA MANNING It is my belief that one's salary is between an individual and the IRS.
JESSICA SAVITCH It is our conduct, our patriotism and belief in our American way of life, our courage that will win ...
PRESCOTT BUSH I love rapping. I do. My styling's similar to Missy Elliott - I think she's so dope. In a we...
REBEL WILSON Microsoft's vulnerability to the PC market reaffirms our belief that Microsoft's continued success d...
CHRISTOPHER SHILAKES 'Whatever it takes' is my opinion of method acting and, indeed, any other kind of acting. Lo...
IAN HOLM That's what I love about acting. There's never a set role. You can be a firefighter, you can...
RYAN GUZMAN I had my first screen-acting class in March 2015, and I was, like, 18, turning 19, so it's a ris...
KATHERINE LANGFORD Someone will always hate what I say. There's always going to be somebody spitting blood about my...
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH Conservatives may worship Adam Smith's 'invisible hand,' but for Obama, the helping hand...
JEFF GREENFIELD I agree with Marjorie Rosen's good psychological analysis of my acting ability.
POLA NEGRI You can't divorce religious belief and public service I've never detected any conflict betwe...
JIMMY CARTER Acting's boring.
IAN MCSHANE I grew up in the theatre. It's where I got my start. Writing a television drama with theatrical ...
AARON SORKIN Acting is many things. Acting is playing lines, of course, but it's much more profound than that...
PAUL GREENGRASS I've learnt that there's acting for film, acting for theatre, and acting for an audition.
SARAH SNOOK For my senior year, I'm home schooled. It's working well with the acting. Juggling school wi...
JULIA GARNER I love acting. I've been doing it since I was 16, and it's in my nature. It's the thing ...
VALERIA GOLINO My whole plan in my head has always been, if I go a year without acting, it's time to go home; i...
VANESSA LENGIES I love American muscle cars. It's my thing.
BRODY JENNER You can not divorce religious belief and public service. I've never detected any conflict betwee...
JIMMY CARTER I was in the video for Cyndi Lauper's 'Sally's Pigeons' when I first started acting.
JULIA STILES In terms of the revolution, I believe that the revolution will be a revolution of dispossessed peopl...
H. RAP BROWN It's not painful to relive it. I'm comfortable with my position in American history.
RODNEY KING My mother's family raised grains and crops. My father's grew sugarcane and mangos. So I knew...
MARGOT ROBBIE I definitely still have my hand in acting. I don't think I would be able to walk away from it. I...
BLAKE MCIVER EWING But my shift to the serious study of economics gradually weakened my belief in Major Douglas's A...
JAMES MEADE Method acting is a label I don't really understand, because there's a method to everybody...
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HANNAH WARE Whether it's acting, directing or writing, I want to be involved in the film industry for the re...
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ELAYNE BOOSLER Maybe it's a cultural thing, being Korean, but my first reflex has always been to exude humility...
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