Dawson Trotman Quotes
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An increase in light gives an increase in darkness.
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I was a hot-dog stand lady, I was an orphan housemother, I was a waitress 3 or 4 times. All of those jobs did not have good bosses. They basically told you what to do, when to do and when to hop. And I just didn't like that very much.
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My mother, R. Rajalakshmi, taught at Annamalai University in Chidambaram, and during the day, I was well cared for by aunts and grandparents in the usual way of an extended Indian family.
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My style is all I have. When I go on stage, that's me in my comfort zone. It's not a costume. It's just me. And I want every woman to feel that way.
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It's kind of amazing that people will travel because of a book. I admire that.
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That was a huge part of my training, doing improv in Chicago.
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The woman who can't influence her husband to vote the way she wants ought to be ashamed of herself.
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I love things that are harsh and things that are too loud. And I love lulling people into a false sense of security. That's life.
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The genesis of Public Interest Litigation in listening to the voice of the voiceless and giving access to the poor, the marginalised, and the weak is a unique experiment to be lauded.
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The key is to work with people who are passionate about storytelling and who have a similar sensibility of the type and nature of the stories that you want to tell.
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As far as those kinds of things, I also played at the concert to call for the release of Nelson Mandela when he was a political prisoner in South Africa. We were celebrating his 70th birthday and calling for his release.
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I've always felt a spiritual connection with acting. And I felt whole when I was onstage.
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I read autobiographies because there is too much fiction in my life.
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I wanted to come back with the team I grew up with.
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I'm fearless, to a degree.
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Being happy is of the utmost importance. Success in anything is through happiness.
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'SpongeBob SquarePants' is a great show, and it centers on a character that is courageously nice. Why is SpongeBob interesting? It's because he has passion. He has a passion for chasing jellyfish.
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I define poetry as celebration and confrontation. When we witness something, are we responsible for what we witness? That's an on-going existential question. Perhaps we are and perhaps there's a kind of daring, a kind of necessary energetic questioning. Because often I say it's not what we know, it's what we can risk discovering.
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It's all about pride now. Do we want to go home and throw it in the bag and say, 'Screw this' and get drunk tonight? Or are we going to try to turn it around and go home with a medal?
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I don't want to live on past records.
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Roman throats like the Zealots. Instead, if a Roman soldier backhands you with a blow...
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They thought I was a success as soon as I started paying the bills.
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The greatest amount of wasted time is the time not getting started.
