Brandon Victor Dixon Quotes
I'm an artist - I'm an actor - so when I'm looking for something, I'm looking for stories.
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I always wanted to do things on my own terms, and unfortunately in this industry, that's not something that is easily given. You're at the mercy of other people, but then you still have that drive to continue on. That's an equation for a lot of heartbreak.
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We may say most aptly that the Analytical Engine weaves algebraical patterns just as the Jacquard loom weaves flowers and leaves.
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Modern surgery has been like a miracle to those who thought the pain was going to go on forever.
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Humor is a wonderful way to deal with our suffering because if we can laugh at our troubles, we can feel better. Thich Nhat Hanh is a special man who has helped millions with their suffering with incredible technique. But he doesn't know real suffering, because he has not dated as much as I have.
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Denial of childhood and denial of freedom are the biggest sins which humankind has been committing and perpetuating for ages.
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I actually like football a great deal.
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People might think writing is a hard business, but it's nowhere near acting.
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I was just making music in my bedroom. I never wanted to be onstage.
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My boring, mundane, diligent kind of golf works sometimes. Actually, it works all the time. And sometimes, on the greatest stages, it really does flourish.
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I will concede to you one thing - 'Hustler' is offensive, even to the point of being iconoclastic. That's our purpose - to be offensive.
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When I saw rappers in the '90s cameo in films - all of those '90s rappers - it seemed like whenever you chucked a rapper in a film, they could just act. It seemed like all rappers could act.
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Only that in you which is me can hear what I'm saying.
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Don't spend more than you take in. Control your debt. Empower the private sector. We have 50 states out there that are laboratories of democracy. Why are we not empowering the states to find solutions to our problems, particularly health care, as opposed to looking to a one-size-fits-all solution from Washington, D.C.? That puzzles even me.
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A Reagan appointee, Justice Kennedy is no liberal, as he has shown on issues from affirmative action to corporate campaign spending. But he has repeatedly sided with gay litigants before the court.
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The Ukraine has a long history of either being part of the Soviet Union or within that sphere.
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In some parts of the world, students are going to school every day. It's their normal life. But in other part of the world, we are starving for education... it's like a precious gift. It's like a diamond.
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The heart is the best reflective thinker.
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It's a basic tenet you learn at drama school. If you're playing someone evil, you can't make an objective moral judgment. You've got to get inside the character and empathize as much as possible.
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To reasoned people, almost everything is understandable, but evil is forever incomprehensible.
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Teaching can be learning, especially if student curiosity with the question 'What's going on here?' can be elicited.
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I just want to thank everyone who made this day necessary.
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Some of my favourite characters have been people like Masha in 'Three Sisters' and Elena in 'Uncle Vanya.'
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I'm an artist - I'm an actor - so when I'm looking for something, I'm looking for stories.
