Quotes About Achievement

When I start doing movies, that'll be the time to pack Vine in. Quit when you're on top. Be the king.

BB Ki Vines is my baby. I have put so much time and heart into it.

I spent my first paycheck on a vintage Mercedes.

I am the woman with the cool vintage glasses... I am the proud wife beside her husband... I am the writer who has written a new novel.

I remember when I was a kid, if you had your name on a piece of vinyl, man, you were, like, in the halls of Valhalla; all of sudden, you were hanging out with Odin and being at the table of the gods. You were the real deal; you weren't some guy struggling in a garage somewhere.

Viola Davis is a perfect example of somebody who's so much better than the parts she has the opportunity to play.

I love Viola Davis.

I was working with the likes of Steve McQueen, Matthew McConaughey, Viola Davis, just running the gamut.

Mission accomplished, we didn't have any problems as far as violence goes.

Innocence of heart and violence of feeling are necessary in any kind of superior achievement: The arts cannot exist without them.

For all the tribulations in our lives, for all the troubles that remain in the world, the decline of violence is an accomplishment that we can savor - and an impetus to cherish the forces of civilization and enlightenment that made it possible.

I was raised in a Bronx public housing project, but studied at two of the nation's finest universities. I did work as an assistant district attorney, prosecuting violent crimes that devastate our communities.

Since 1994, unemployment rates are lower. Median household income is higher. A greater percentage of Americans are graduating from college. Home ownership rates are higher. And the violent crime rate has decreased.

I actually wanted to play the violin before I had polio, and then afterwards, there was no reason not to.

I studied violin since I was a boy, and my dream was to be a violinist and to play.

If I started something, I had to finish. Like with violin. I started when I was seven only because my best mate wanted to. I hated it and wanted to quit, but Dad made me continue, and I got to grade seven. My parents said I had to know the value of stuff and work for stuff.

I started with the classical violin when I was 6, and I guess it went well.

I played the clarinet, and my sister played the violin... If we'd had the discipline and the passion, maybe we could have been good.

I first played the Royal Albert Hall when I was 14. I was a violinist with the Birmingham Schools Concert Orchestra, and we travelled down from the Midlands for the last night of the School Proms. We played some pieces from the Harry Potter films, and the violin parts were really hard.

As far as I'm concerned, I want to do everything because life is short. So, when I did 'The Red Violin' film, I got to go to the Oscars, and I got to meet Samuel Jackson, and I got to do stuff that one wouldn't normally do in my world.

I studied classical violin and voice until I was 18 and by then I had had my fill.

What I didn't expect was 'VIP' becoming something of a cult and one of my biggest hits.

It's really easy to go viral, but I think it's really hard then to have a career.

If I die and I gotta couple Grammys on me, more than a couple hits on me, I got some plaques and I got billboards still up and I done touched a lot of people's souls and I'm viral, once that happen then you can judge all you want.