Yvonne Orji Quotes
Sometimes you have to experience things for yourself to learn the lessons that you need to learn.
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I always knew I would make the record that I made in 'Carter Girl.'
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From a very young age, I wanted to get up on stage whenever I went to the theatre - the actors just seemed to be having so much fun. One of my worries about theatre, in fact, is that the actors are quite often having more fun than the audience.
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I actually started off majoring in computer science, but I knew right away I wasn't going to stay with it. It was because I had this one professor who was the loneliest, saddest man I've ever known. He was a programmer, and I knew that I didn't want to do whatever he did.
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Time is the devourer of all things.
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You were not wanted. You were, at best, tolerated. You had to be constantly on your guard, like an animal in a jungle full of beasts of prey. You experienced it all within the short distance of five miles from the gates of St. Peter's to Park Station in the city.
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The future rewards those who press on. I don't have time to feel sorry for myself. I don't have time to complain. I'm going to press on.
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I've turned down twentysomething million dollars for movies.
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It is a struggle for the minds of the people... No cause justifies recourse to terrorism.
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This person they make me out to be irritates the hell out of me as well.
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I was supposed to go see Led Zeppelin when I was in, like, the 8th or 9th grade, and then John Bonham died and I never was able to. For me, music is such a huge part of my life, and I use songs like memory triggers. So a lot of my memories of being a kid and growing up are associated with different songs.
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I get very confused about being called a comedian, because when you say 'I'm a comedian,' people expect you to crack a joke. Maybe I use laughter and humour to make people think. I don't know what you call that - a humourist? A satirist? A pessimistic comedian? I don't know. Satirists can be very dark.
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Honesty is the most single most important factor having a direct bearing on the final success of an individual, corporation, or product.
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People want a grounded government. They want a government that's going to be responsible to them.
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I'm used to people talking about me.
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Winning Nobel imposed on me a lifestyle to which I am not used and which I would not have preferred.
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The 'Family Ties' role was the first of many gay roles that I've ended up playing. I remember that I made them laugh, and it made me feel good, 'cause it really cracked them up.
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I'm a little girl; no one wants to beat up on me.
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There is no greater calling than to serve your fellow men. There is no greater contribution than to help the weak. There is no greater satisfaction than to have done it well.
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I read all these stories that I don't know anything about politics. But I must know something. I've had some good victories in Congress, and I've survived this town for four years.
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A thing is not necessarily true because badly uttered, nor false because spoken magnificently.
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Aaron Rodgers - I love the way he scrambles and how he plays the game - he always makes great decisions with the ball.
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I know if I'm lost in the moment or not.
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It struck me then how much the past - not just the past but history and family - was like the ocean tide. It was always the same ocean, but the waves made it fresh and new each time.
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Sometimes you have to experience things for yourself to learn the lessons that you need to learn.
