Leslie Odom, Jr. Quotes
You gotta prove yourself. I'm not above that. I will never be above that. Bring it!

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It is not weird for a dad to be doing the dishes, the laundry, and taking the kids to school, and read them stories for bed.
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If we can deter the Soviet Union, if we can deter North Korea, why on earth can't we deter Iran?
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Evil is like water, it abounds, is cheap, soon fouls, but runs itself clear of taint.
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I have this phobia: I don't like mirrors. And I don't watch myself on television. If anything comes on, I make them shut it off, or I leave the room.
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The film depends on the audience's belief in this relationship.
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I don't have a director. The audience directs me.
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The general public, formerly profoundly indifferent to everything to do with building, has been shaken out of its torpor; personal interest in architecture as something that concerns every one of us in our daily lives has been very widely aroused; and the broad line of its future development are already clearly discernible.
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The major international appeal for 'House of Cards' was kind of a surprise because it's a very American show. What we learned is that American politics is very American, but greed and corruption and all of that is very global.
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I first moved to Denver to work with a group called YWAM, 'Youth With a Mission.' I was a kid - I was 18 - and did some work with homeless people. Really, trying to convert people is sort of an awful position to find yourself in, so I quickly, on my own, grew out of religious ideas.
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I don't like gurus. I don't like people who ask you to follow or believe. I like people who ask you to think independently.
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The true value of having Florida Virtual School in this mix is that it creates a gold standard for all providers to meet if they hope to compete for Florida students. This program raises the bar for everybody, even the traditional public schools. And that benefits all our children.
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The person who seeks all their applause from outside has their happiness in another's keeping .
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It's been a transformative period and I really wanted to make music from what I've experienced.
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Very unusual in an insurgency to have absolutely no political agenda other than to return to power. Most insurgents have a political side to them.
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I never knew what basketball was. I started playing on the playground. People used to laugh at me and joke at me because I was so tall and I didn't know the game and couldn't play it.
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I was going to record a solo album when I was 15 on a four-track. I started working on it, but then Fall Out Boy happened. The band was awesome and took me in a totally different direction. I don't regret it at all, but the band delayed the record I had been planning.
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You have to keep hobbies in L.A. Otherwise, it's sad.
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From ages 10 to 12 or so, I barely remember anything.
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I played Vegas at the age of 16 years old, in 1959.
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My dad served in two wars has been flying airplanes for 60 years now. He was certainly quite an inspiration.
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Being happy involves both a certain achievement in action and a rational assurance about the outcome.
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Brethren, the Deity was not revealed to gratify our curiosity, or to increase our pride of intellect, but to bring us into relations of affection, submission, and communion with Him.
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Far from wishing to awaken the artist in the pupil prematurely, the teacher considers it his first task to make him a skilled artisan with sovereign control of his craft.
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You gotta prove yourself. I'm not above that. I will never be above that. Bring it!