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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I have more to say as a writer than from behind a wok.
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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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Hollywood is a community that's so inbred, it's a wonder the children have any teeth.
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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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When I went to Hong Kong, I knew at once I wanted to write a story set there.
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An increasing number of Canadians must juggle the demands of work with the need to care for children, or for family members who are ill or too frail to care for themselves. Our programs have simply not kept pace with these societal changes.
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My wife and family, to say the least, are the center of my life; they are my grounding. I don't want to sound schmaltzy, but they are my inspiration and you name it.
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It is easy when you are successful to think that you did it all by yourself and to forget that you didn't. You got here because a lot of things broke your way. You were lucky enough to be born into a family that could afford to take care of you well.
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The word 'album' makes you nervous, especially 'debut album.'
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Family - it's all about family. Families feeling safe and finding your safe place.
