Noma Dumezweni Quotes
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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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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 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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Chemical and biological attacks are scary and will kill a lot of people but don't rise to the level of nuclear.
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The Sun in London ran a front page declaring my bum a national treasure. I really did laugh at that. Its not like it can actually do anything, except wiggle.
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I come from a family of strong women, who have been positive role models for me.
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Any problem, big or small, within a family, always seems to start with bad communication. Someone isn't listening.
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It's totally mistaken to suppose that an armed escort is going to give a journalist any protection - on the contrary, journalists who turn up surrounded by armed personnel are just turning themselves into targets and in even worse danger.
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Family - it's all about family. Families feeling safe and finding your safe place.
