Brandon Victor Dixon Quotes
'Hamilton' and 'Shuffle Along' are closely connected because the ensembles are all friends, and they both deal with historical figures and the impact they've made on American life.
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Remember that the most valuable antiques are dear old friends.
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The only way to do is just to go for it, otherwise it ends up looking phoney.
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There are very few fundamental shifts in global infrastructure that can happen in our life times. The financial infrastructure is one of them, and the Blockchain is changing the way we think about the transfer of value.
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I had the option of building a career in the U.S. Many of my friends who went at the time did not come back, but for me, building the family business and being with family was worth it. I became a general manager within four months, as I used my education to improve productivity and output.
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Helping people boost themselves out of poverty is the best way to make a lasting positive difference in a person's life.
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In retrospect, I have devoted my scientific life mainly to the question to what extent infectious agents contribute to human cancer, trusting that this will contribute to novel modes of cancer prevention, diagnosis and, hopefully, later on, also to cancer therapy.
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Life's a bit like mountaineering - never look down.
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I purposefully try to make films in that grey area, where things are morally ambiguous. It's like life: good people do horrible things, and bad people do good things, and there's beauty in horror and horror in beauty.
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A good procrastination should feel like you're inserting lots and lots of commas into the sentence of your life.
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The thing is, I live a very public life, and I have to keep things personal, or else I have no personal life. It's very difficult.
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In my life, I've never really listened to when people start forming opinions on how you should be doing things.
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A poet's autobiography is his poetry. Anything else is just a footnote.
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Cherish your human connections - your relationships with friends and family.
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Managers in all too many American companies do not achieve the desired results because nobody makes them do it.
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The average Jordanian has much in common with the average American in terms of the values that we share, the fact that we all value the family unit, our work ethic.
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'Fallen Too Far' was my first NYT bestseller. That changed my life.
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I think we have gotten to a point as Americans, unfortunately, where we take for granted the magic that life brings and that life is really special and every life matters. We tend to go through life but not take the moment to step back and remember you are here, right now, for a very finite amount of time.
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It's not easy to come somewhere new and have to find your place. You might feel someone doesn't like you, or you might need to find new friends. It's not easy, and I don't like this kind of thing. It's not easy, so you want to protect the players who are alone.
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But while our economy may be weakened and our confidence shaken; though we are living through difficult and uncertain times, tonight I want every American to know this: We will rebuild, we will recover, and the United States of America will emerge stronger than before.
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Be willing to step outside your comfort zone once in a while; take the risks in life that seem worth taking. The ride might not be as predictable if you'd just planted your feet and stayed put, but it will be a heck of a lot more interesting.
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The school of life offers some difficult courses, but it is in the difficult class that one learns the most.
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I listened hard but could not see. Life tempo change out and inside me.
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I'm a big fan of Nora Ephron, who believed everything is copy, and I agree.
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'Hamilton' and 'Shuffle Along' are closely connected because the ensembles are all friends, and they both deal with historical figures and the impact they've made on American life.
