Brandon Victor Dixon Quotes
I work in musical theater because people keep writing quality stories in the genre, and I'm really all about investing in a piece that says something about our current time, that is, a reflection on who we are today.
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The contributions of African Americans, Native Americans, and immigrants throughout our nation's history are undeniable, but the tendency to overlook their gallant efforts is pervasive and persistent.
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My brothers and I would sit out on the park bench and harmonize.
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Seriously, 'Honey Boo Boo' is the decay of Western civilization. Just because so many people watch the show doesn't mean it's good.
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I've failed those I care most about and let down the people who elected me to represent them.
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The reason a poet is a poet is to write poems, not to advertise himself as a poet.
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I have quite a house. People come over and I go, 'I know, I'm sorry.'
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I actually didn't like Jane Austen. I was more into the Brontes. They were so wild and passionate. I thought there was something a bit tame about Austen.
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I wish I had had a great disappointment, a real one.
Nastassja Kinski -
When I was a kid, I was super shy.
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If our country is serious about reducing our dependency on foreign oil, we need to get serious about mobilizing the infrastructure necessary to distribute and dispense the next generation of fuels.
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The line between life or death is determined by what we are willing to do.
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God be praised for his gracious long suffering towards me in sparing my life so long. Grant, gracious God, that I may make a good use of the time that thou mayest be pleased yet to grant me for repentance.
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Working with the dying is like being a midwife for this great rite of passage of death. Just as a midwife helps a being take their first breath, you help a being take their last breath.
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Sometimes, whether you like it or not, people elevate you. It's real easy to fall.
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I'm ready to do something with Lady Gaga or Andrea Bocelli. I'm really grateful that nothing is out of the realm of possibility.
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Except for the Bible, the two greatest documents ever written are the U.S. Constitution and the Declaration of Independence.
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To make theater out of real life, you need to catch dialogue when it happens.
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My work always presents problems in our society. Those problems may be anything from injustice to freedom, and everything related to humanity.
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I like second chances. I've given people second chances. You have fall-outs with friends, and forgiveness is a great thing to have. It's not easy to forgive. I definitely don't forget, but I do forgive.
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The people sometimes who are closest to us are the ones who bear the brunt of our frustration.
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And usually the studios they don't want you to have credit for your movies because they want to take credit for the movies because if you get credit for your movies they've got to pay you more.
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We can benefit others through our actions by being warm and generous toward them, by being charitable, and by helping those in need.
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At least for me, writing a book is continual exposure to blind spots. There were things I wanted to be true and wanted to believe, but it always got more complicated in the fiction.
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I work in musical theater because people keep writing quality stories in the genre, and I'm really all about investing in a piece that says something about our current time, that is, a reflection on who we are today.
