Noma Dumezweni Quotes
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There were a couple of things I needed to do while I was in New York. One was to have a pizza pie, one was to get a tattoo... and the other was to get a Yankees hat.
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Americans want to believe that we are a nation of laws, and no one is above them, including the president. Mr. Trump's and his associates' actions during his campaign and during his brief time in office are extremely troubling.
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Steve Jobs has been right twice. The first time we got Apple. The second time we got NeXT. The Macintosh ruled. NeXT tanked. Still, Jobs was right both times.
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A right balance between music and lyrics is important. Music complements lyrics.
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It's super trippy coming to America because we know everything about it - from music and film. I know what a Southern accent sounds like; I know what a New York accent sounds like.
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I've lived in New York for 40 years. I came right after college.
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My books have contradictions all the time - and people are fine with that.
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The novelist, he's not a philosopher, not a technician of spoken language. He's someone who writes, above all, and through the novel asks questions.
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If I'm not interested in a woman, I'm straight-forward. Right after sex, I usually say, 'I can't do this anymore. Thanks for coming over!'
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I love what I do, so it's not tiring. If I worked at a computer or drove a truck, I'd be dead in a week.
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By 1946, I knew Detroit was the best hockey city in the Original Six.
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I don't get hung up on weight.
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I don't know, I like the word sassy.
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Behind every easy role, there is a lot of hard work that goes in.
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I'd never hurt another person.
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I would go to cosmetics counters and buy two or three foundations and powders, and then go home and mix them before I came up with something suitable for my undertones.
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I got irritated with people asking us the same questions. Like, 'Are you a real band?' Journalists wanted to slay us, tried to cut us down, and I just started caring less and less about doing interviews. With Facebook and Instagram, you kind of don't need to anyway. But now and again, we'll do something when there's new information to share.
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A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
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I'm more disturbed when people expect me to be serious.
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We're such a funky species. We're so violent, so greedy - this is how we roll. But what are we going to do about it? How do we move forward given who we are? Because situations don't come out of nothing. They come out of certain conditions.
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I just assumed that if you were a girl-child, you were supposed to grow up and write.
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The banalities of a great man pass for wit.
Alexander Chase -
I'm not looking for pity, I'm really not, but I'm constantly uneasy and every day it is pretty much like getting up and going to war. Once I shift into the mindset of 'Yeah, you're alive. It's tough. Let's do what we can today,' it's easier.
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Family - it's all about family. Families feeling safe and finding your safe place.
