Yvonne Orji Quotes
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If you have a movie coming out, and people are talking about you, the amount of scripts will build.
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There's a long tradition of black folks pleading with white people. It's a tradition that emerges from political necessity, so I get it; I'm just not very interested in it.
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Writing sessions can last an hour or sixteen hours, depending on how it's going.
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I like bangers and really testosterone-fueled stuff.
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Basically, I have a gift as an actress, and I want to present the sophisticated side of me as an actress and a person.
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Unless you have a long-running series, most actors just go job to job if you're lucky to keep working. You just do a movie or a play or a TV thing, and it's over at some point.
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I never underestimate my opponent, but I never underestimate my talents.
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Statesmanship is harder than politics. Politics is the art of getting along with people, whereas statesmanship is the art of getting along with politicians.
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The first time someone tried to share the Gospel with me, I naively explained that I was Jewish and born in Israel, thank you... This was a big mistake. In certain parts of Christian America, admitting I was an Israeli-born Jew turned me into walking catnip.
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The homosexual community has more acceptance in America than it ever has, and the suicide rate is as high as it's always been.
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Still falls the rain - dark as the world of man, black as our loss - blind as the nineteen hundred and forty nails upon the Cross.
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I am convinced that 100 years from now, people will talk about Elliott Carter as one of the most important figures in the second half of 20th-century music.
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Although I'm an atheist who believes only in great nature, I recognize the spiritual richness and grandeur of the Roman Catholicism in which I was raised.
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Creating new jobs for Pennsylvanians continues to be my highest priority throughout the Commonwealth.
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I'm not a materialistic person.
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Lunch is for wimps.
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All I'm going to say is I put my hand on a Bible, and I raised my right hand and swore to uphold the Constitution of the state of Florida.
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It is fascinating to watch legislators turn away from their usual corporate grips when they hear the growing thunder of the people.
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I do not believe in hypocrisy.
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When you're still in the broadcast business, you're still trying to reach tens of millions. You're trying to still aim for a broader audience, and I think that's a more difficult task to spread yourself across that audience, connect with them, as opposed to a very, very small, pinpointed audience. Difficult to do.
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You know, acting is very fascinating. But being an actress is not, because you become so concentrated on yourself.
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I can feel the 60S looming. In my profession, I've just moved along with my age. By thinking in decades, rather than whether someone's 42 or 47, you can give yourself a whole 10 years to turn yourself around in.
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Give yourself the gift of uninterrupted time. It can be the first hour of your day. Or the last hour. A lunch hour. You want time free from phone calls, visitors, mail, things to read. Unplug the phone if you have to. Lock your door. Put a sign on it that warns people of the consequences of entering. Do what you have to and watch the results. One hour of uninterrupted time can double a person's productivity for the day.
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We didn't grow up with TV as a viable means of supporting yourself.
