Brandon Victor Dixon Quotes
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While hereditary chiefs inhabit the apex of our traditional social systems, it would be a mistake to think they hold all the power. They aren't kings. They aren't dictators. They're answerable to their clans and their matriarchs. All decisions that affect our communities require lengthy, deliberate discussions and careful negotiation.
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But now that I'm a blonde, guys are so blatant about coming on to me.
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The death of my kid made me a stronger person. There's no end to what I'm willing to do.
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I was too prissy, too refined, too abstemious, too French to be a good American writer.
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We did a lot of high school productions. My first was 'Twelfth Night.' I played Viola. We did 'Much Ado About Nothing' and 'Taming of the Shrew,' and a lot of musicals: 'The Wiz,' 'Bye Bye Birdie,' 'Oliver.'
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Elvis and I were very good friends. We were such good friends that, on the day that he passed, I was the first one his father called, to let me know what had happened.
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Reddit strives to be a community-oriented link-sharing and news site, which means that all our content is submitted and voted on by members of our community. We don't interfere with that process at all, either in an editorial or curation capacity.
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The two sensibilities, the visual and the verbal, have always been linked for me - in fact, while reading a particularly evocative passage, I will imagine what the photograph I'd take of that scene would look like, even with burning and dodging notes. Maybe everyone does this.
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I remember looking back on a photo of me... wearing a suit that was, like, two sizes too big for me. I think a lot of guys don't know what fits.
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'Wicked' gave us a story that 'The Wizard of Oz' did not. Two sides to every story.
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I'm not really one of those people who believes that if you're a musician you can just leave that behind and start getting into politics.
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I do find walking is fundamental to my creative process.
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A diet that is high in fat, sugar and salt makes it really hard for a body to function efficiently.
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Human writing reflects that of the universe; it is its translation, but also its metaphor: it says something totally different, and it says the same thing.
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I haven't had an orthodox career, and I've wanted more than anything to have your respect. The first time I didn't feel it, but this time I feel it, and I can't deny the fact that you like me, right now, you like me!
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I have lived a long life, and I am proud that I spend the whole of my life in the service of my people. I am only proud of this and nothing else. I shall continue to serve until my last breath, and when I die, I can say, that every drop of my blood will invigorate India and strengthen it.
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Healing yourself is connected with healing others.
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I hate to say it, but the older you get, you really do have to cut down on the amount you eat. Less food and less portions.
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The practical life of a vast number of people is not, as a matter of fact, worth while at all. It is like an impressive fur coat with no one inside it. One sees many of these coats occupying positions of great responsibility. Hans Andersen's story of the king with no clothes told one bitter and common truth about human nature; but the story of the clothes with no king describes a situation just as common and even more pitiable.
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There are three things being a celebrity is good for: raising money for charity, dinner reservations and tee times.
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I find what I do for a living really funny. I mean, acting is kind of a hilarious thing for a grown man to call a job.
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I hope that all of us in both parties who have said that we have to stay in Iraq and finish the job in pursuit of our own values and of our own security will pull together and make it happen and not be part of a chorus of doubters that will undermine the support of the American people more.
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By getting married, the woman has consented to sex, and I don't think you can call it rape.
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As artists, our job is to communicate thoughts and tell stories.
