Noma Dumezweni Quotes
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I try and spend a lot of time with my kids. I try and have fun with my kids. I try to put father time in there.
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On the Internet, inside information is currency, and there will always be counterfeiters among us.
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Everyone's like sheep on social media; like, one person starts making noise, and everyone's like, 'Hey, yeah!' and then you got a whole bunch of people making noise at you.
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When I first put out music, people didn't know what I looked like. They called it a new type of something; they couldn't put a genre on it - it was where indie and urban kind of meet in the middle. I thought that was quite exciting.
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I feel like my story would've been different had I had a chance to play with Bron when I was 18. I've thought about it countless times.
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Stand-up will always be my first love, and it has been the primary way I've expressed myself since I was 17.
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It's the fans that need spring training. You gotta get 'em interested. Wake 'em up and let 'em know that their season is coming, the good times are gonna roll.
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I know that I have to give testimony about all the things I lived, but I need time.
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I never want to be anywhere else than in the rehearsal room. I mean, it's so lame to say, but it makes me supremely happy to work with people and to talk and invent and laugh.
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Writing never comes easy. The difference between Page 2 and Page Nothing is the difference between life and death.
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The best advice my dad ever gave me is that acting is believing. Acting is not acting. It isn't putting on a face and dancing around in a mask. It's believing that you are that character and playing him as if it were a normal day in the life of that character.
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What's been happening in Iraq, what young Americans wearing flak jackets, helmets and flight suits have done is... created the circumstances under which Iraq can become our closest ally in that part of the world and still have a representative government. And that's going to be a very good thing considering what's going on in that neighborhood.
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Labor is the source of all wealth and all culture.
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When it comes to relationships, I think I'm pretty experienced - you'd be surprised.
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I have a lightsaber at my front door for home protection. I have an 800-watt electric skateboard that I use to run errands in my neighborhood. It can go about six, seven miles, so depending on how much time I have, and how much I have to carry home, I'll take it really far. I love that thing.
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Know your target audience. Always keep them at the forefront of your mind. Understand their lifestyle and what they are looking for. Gather their feedback and use it to tailor your approach. The voice of the consumer is an essential input into the development of any fashion business or blog.
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I'm a serial monogamist.
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I'm competitive in that I would like to outsell my last record.
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Give a beggar a dime and he'll bless you. Give him a dollar and he'll curse you for withholding the rest of your fortune. Poverty is a bag with a hole at the bottom.
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Just because someone said painting is dead doesn't mean that it's a fact or the truth - painting is the soul food of art, in a way.
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In a well-made garden every day is new.
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I read a lot of poetry, and I love what it does with language. I love music, too, and I think there's probably no coincidence there, that the rhythm of the words is almost as important as the words themselves, and when you can get the two working together, which usually takes me about 20 goes, I feel a huge satisfaction.
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It's not simply what we feel, but what we feed, that determines what we do and how we live.
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However popular you are, you still feel like an outsider.
