Leslie Odom, Jr. Quotes

My dad was always in sales. My mom had a heart for the ages. Worked in recreation, doing rehabilitation in nursing homes. Very nice, practical folks who were very proud of me but had no inclination toward the stage in any way.

Leslie Odom, Jr.

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• The way through the world is more difficult to find than the way beyond it.

  

  Wallace Stevens
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• The public's nerves are raw and edgy. You have to be discreet and understanding about the films you are showing.

  

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• Like some of my other movies, 'Conquest Of The Planet Of The Apes' is also a very political film, and many critics still consider it even the best of all the Apes movies, because it conveys a series of political viewpoints.

  

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• I just want to be the best. I haven't been in an all-out war. That doesn't mean I'm not the best.

  

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• The old series of sittings with Mrs. Piper convinced me of survival for reasons which I should find it hard to formulate in any strict fashion, but that was their distinct effect.

  

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• I tell people, 'Have you ever been to Oklahoma? There are a lot of nice people there that do wonderful things.'

  

  Nadia Comaneci
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• I always need a couple of highlights to really spark the passion for a project.

  

  Lasse Hallstrom
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• I'm happy to say that I'm a lesbian in the world. I know there are people who don't want to be called women comedians, but I think it gives a path to the fact that we live in extremely patriarchal times.

  

  Kate Clinton
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• I try to be as ignorant about things as I can.

  

  Hal Sparks
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• A lot of people go in and have to create their own characters, and they do fine with it.

  

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• Sometimes I wake up, I feel like, I'm like 80-years-old.

  

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• I'm from outside Philadelphia, a town called Wayne, which is, like, 25 minutes northwest.

  

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• In a way, I envy the freedom artists have. Artists can push themselves beyond their limits, in pursuit of their ideas and their vision, even if they are inhabited by demons that can also play tricks on them.

  

  Carine Roitfeld
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• I started to realize I wasn't like every other boy.

  

  Adam Lambert
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• I was the youngest and on my own a lot. I think this probably taught me independence and how to be okay with my own company. Also, it meant I read a lot.

  

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• After a 15-year career in television news, sometimes spent biting my tongue in the name of objectivity and balance, I retired to raise our two small children.

  

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• Japan is the largest creditor country in the world, so we have made contributions to the stability of international markets and we want this IMF meeting to confirm that we will continue to contribute.

  

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• I used to work a lot on ranches where I grew up, and I had to rise at 5:30 in the morning.

  

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• For me, the best high school movie is, like, 'Fast Times' and what Cameron Crowe is like.

  

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• The worst thing for me is to not taste what I'm eating, to not know what I'm eating. It upsets me to no avail.

  

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• The BBC is very good at period drama - world-famous for getting the details right.

  

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• It's almost like a lot of black people in America, a lot of young black men, are born with this cloud over their heads. It's their penitentiary cloud, this philosophy we all have, that it's harder for us.

  

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• My dad was always in sales. My mom had a heart for the ages. Worked in recreation, doing rehabilitation in nursing homes. Very nice, practical folks who were very proud of me but had no inclination toward the stage in any way.

  

  Leslie Odom, Jr.
  • Heart
  • Dad
  • Nice