Uzo Aduba Quotes
My parents wanted us to be well-rounded individuals and really have the American experiences as richly as one can.
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I think a lot of young girls see actresses, and they think of red carpets, and they think of 'Us Weekly,' and they don't really think about the breaking down of a script and what that requires and what you would need to pull it off.
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Not a lot of people get to go to the Olympics - especially with the chance I've got.
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Celebs says we have no time for love, but I wouldn't say that.
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Nearly all government advice on terrorism sacrifices practical particulars for an unalarming tone. The usual guidance is to maintain a three-day supply of food and water along with a radio, flashlight, batteries and first-aid kit.
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What our children have to fear is not the cars on the highways of tomorrow but our own pleasure in calculating the most elegant parameters of their deaths.
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My manager's biggest dream is for me to be on Letterman. She says, 'Oh, Maggie, will you promise me you'll be on 'Letterman?' What can I say? I just tell her I can't promise, but I'll try my best.
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There's a puppy store near where I live. They know me by name in there because I go so often.
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I don't really look forward to movie stardom or doing a $200-million movie or winning an Academy Award.
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If I were president, I am not sure that I would offer Ed Rendell the job of chief of staff.
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Jewelry, to me, is a pain in the derriere, because you have to be watching it all the time.
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When I'm making a film, I'm obsessive about what I do, and I get totally into it. That's all I'm eating, breathing, living at that moment.
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One who imitates what is bad always goes beyond his model; while one who imitates what is good always comes up short of it.
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Musical theater is one of my passions.
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You can't, no matter what anyone says, build a movie around someone.
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Take pride in your work at all times. Remember, respect for an umpire is created off the field as well as on.
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Everyone should play their role in tearing down the wall of hatred.
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It's not comfortable for me to write about my family. I'm not comfortable writing about me.
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I don't know why, but I respond well to tortured characters.
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I don't know if I'm a national education figure.
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I do not think the Nobel institution gives you a certificate that everything you say is always right.
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It's very tempting to have a nanny and live in a gated community and have a chef - I'd love to have a few dinners cooked for me. But I don't want that for my children. When they're older, if people say to them, 'Did you have a chef?' I want them to be shocked by the question.
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Our foreign policy has made a wreck of this planet. I'm always in Africa... And when I go to these places I see American policy written on the walls of oppression everywhere.
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Character is destiny and character is important to American campaigns.
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My parents wanted us to be well-rounded individuals and really have the American experiences as richly as one can.
