Yvonne Orji Quotes
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Many people thought I would never succeed, because I am so Russian. So Russian, hundred percent.
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I have to remember that winning an Oscar is an almost unbelievable goal and that it is an honour just to be nominated.
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The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.
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Being a model, you're always the product of somebody else's vision.
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Somebody gets to be smart and somebody gets to be dumb. If we win, it'll be because of the president. And if we lose, it'll be because of me.
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I was with the Jessie Bonstelle Stock Company in Detroit and Buffalo for three seasons - 10 performances and a new play every week. She was an amazing woman who did a great deal for me.
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Once you are labeled 'the best' you want to stay up there, and you can't do it by loafing around.
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I love to play chess. The last time I was playing, I started to really see the board. I don't mean just seeing a few moves ahead - something else. My game started getting better. It's the patterns. The patterns are universal.
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Listen to my voice - I sound like I'm permanently congested.
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Since its very inception, Israel has been a threat.
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The love of one's country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at the border?
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I've always wanted to work with dogs, so in high school, I worked at the Humane Society for a little while. I honestly think, even today, that would be the other career I would go into. Somehow I would be involved with animals.
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History rarely repeats itself, but its echoes never go away.
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Everybody that you could name would join in our audiences from, Laguardia on down. Everybody came. Everybody came to the Cotton Club.
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Playing on the Burj Al Arab helipad was an unforgettable experience, and the view of Dubai was incredible.
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A lot of female comedians will go up there in a sweatshirt and Converses, trying to dress themselves down, because it is sort of a boy's club. I'll go up in my heels. I like that people don't think I'll be funny. I'll take that on. I don't do standup comedy - I do standup and I do comedy, but I don't go up there and do jokes.
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A friend of mine at the American Enterprise Institute says there are two parties: the silly party and the stupid party. I'm too old for the silly party, so I had to join the stupid party.
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Americans detest all lies except lies spoken in public or printed lies.
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Don't put too many chefs to work. Sometimes they get too involved in the ingredients and are of no help.
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I think wine is such a big universe that it's kind of like food - it's intimidating to a lot of people, myself included.
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I definitely learned to appreciate there is something about looking good. I think it's been sort of lost in the last 50 years, this idea of looking very nice and very put together.
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This is not a reaction against a negative world. It's a response to a negative world.
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Think about last time you were broke ... now how well did it go with spending your way out of it? Did that work?
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I want to do more good work. That's very much my parents' influence in me.
