Hallie Flanagan Quotes
Neither should the theater in our country be regarded as a luxury. It is a necessity because in order to make democracy work the people must increasingly participate; they can't participate unless they understand; and the theater is one of the great mediums of understanding.
Quotes to Explore
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'Dhruva' is not a first person narrative of Siddharth Abhimanyu.
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It is time that scientists and other public intellectuals observed that the contest between faith and reason is zero-sum.
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You don't think about the danger. The spaceship becomes your home.
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To me, being in your prime means playing your best and feeling your best, too.
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You gotta give everybody a new trend a new wave, something new to do.
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But, in North Korea, it's just the opposite. There's one story. It's written by the Kim regime. And 23 million people are conscripted to be secondary characters. There, as a youth, your aptitude towards certain jobs is measured, and the rest of your life is dictated, whether you'll be a fisherman or a farmer or an opera singer.
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To me an unnecessary action, or shot, or casualty, was not only waste but sin.
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Drinking a cup of coffee with your eyes closed isn't a sophisticated task for a person, but it's hard for a robot.
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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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The thing that everyone remembers about 'Bambi' is that moment. 'The Lion King,' took it to quite an extreme because it was an action sequence: his father was killed in a wildebeest stampede - I related, because mine was, too.
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Ummm, there is not just one good thing about being a VJ, it is a package deal. It is a fun job and you get paid to party and have a good time and make people have a good time, which is great.
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I love stand-up, but the process of writing is a little more lonely. I want to keep doing both, though.
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The London games mark the 24th anniversary of my winning two golds and setting the world record in the heptathlon. Someone is going to want it; records are made to be broken - it's only a matter of time. I hope mine will outlive me.
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I always worked mostly in Quebec. I never thought of the States, somehow. I don't know - I don't have blue eyes or blond hair. I thought I didn't fit with the stereotype of America.
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I've always really been into science, and in the last five years I've gotten into theoretical physics and the origins of the universe.
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I have a problem with the way the House is run. I believe that a few people at the top of a pyramid of power have controlled this place for a long time.
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We're not curing cancer, people. I wish we were, but we're not. It's entertainment.
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'At Random' ran on Saturday nights for as long as the conversation was still lively. Sometimes, I'd finish way after midnight, then hop a plane for whatever city I was working a football game that Sunday.
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Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa. If Nigeria succeeds at democratic governance it will be an anchor for all of West Africa. Africa needs a strong Nigeria.
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We need to hire more black police officers in this country because these are good jobs, and African Americans should have their fair share of good jobs. But we shouldn't do it because we think that's going to change policing. We have to push for police reform in other ways.
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I always do get a little bit paranoid when I get a lot of attention. But I get used to it.
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There is no ideal body. It's just taking what you have and working it.
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I took to New York life like a star shooting through the heavens.
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Neither should the theater in our country be regarded as a luxury. It is a necessity because in order to make democracy work the people must increasingly participate; they can't participate unless they understand; and the theater is one of the great mediums of understanding.
