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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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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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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It's not like I have the most perfect body in the world. I'm a normal girl.
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I think what probably happens when you put two awkward/clunky people together is that their awkward/clunky world seems like a normal world.
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A constitutional statesman is in general a man of common opinions and uncommon abilities.
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Sometimes I need to go for a walk for inspiration.
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If you assume continuity, you can open the well-stocked mathematical toolkit of continuous functions and differential equations, the saws and hammers of engineering and physics for the past two centuries (and the foreseeable future).
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Yes, it's important to make things great, and you can certainly do this by upgrading over time, but good and profitable is better than perfect and never done.
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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.
