Leslie Odom, Jr. Quotes
When I see the black experience - there's not one, but it is specific, and you can't ignore it.
Quotes to Explore
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Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.
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I love Bridget Fonda.
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As a member of the audience I don't like it that I can't see what's going on in the eyes and in the face and in the most subtle responses of a performer when I'm more than a few rows back. I find it very frustrating.
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The poorer people and criminals of Mexico who are not very religious but not quite atheists, either, worship Saint Death.
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I'm aware of the decisions I make and the responsibility I have as a role model. I wouldn't disregard that. It's a privilege.
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Self esteem is the reputation we acquire with ourselves.
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Like most of those who study history, he (Napoleon III) learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones.
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I hate to repeat lines, to say the same damned thing. I try to rewrite cliches and make what I say sound fresh.
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I think it's a mistake to go after someone just based on looks. But I always respond to people who don't act that interested in me.
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Beware how you take away hope from another human being.
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America is rather like life. You can usually find in it what you look for. It will probably be interesting, and it is sure to be large.
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To put away one's own original thoughts in order to take up a book is a sin against the Holy Ghost.
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Energy has become a national security issue and as technology continues to improve, there will be more debates like the one on Keystone.
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A day with my kids is the best day.
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In the Senate, there is a wide spectrum of views on foreign policy.
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I find theater very lazy and artificial, and then when it's not, it lacks refinement.
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One may no more live in the world without picking up the moral prejudices of the world than one will be able to go to hell without perspiring.
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Globalization is exposing new fault lines - between urban and rural communities, for example.
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Cold-turkey deficit reduction would cause a significant recession. A recent analysis by the Congressional Budget Office estimated that going headlong over the cliff would cause our gross domestic product, which has been growing at an annual rate of around 2 percent, to fall at a rate of 2.9 percent in the first half of 2013.
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You have to be very careful about what you say. More importantly, you have to be very careful about what you do. You never know how or when you influence people – especially children.
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Polly Findlay showed real insight and imagination in her production of my translation of Seneca's Thyestes at the Arcola. I enjoyed her use of the space and the detail of her work with the actors, and I'm looking forward to seeing what she does with Light Shining.
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I was really creative. I started to dance very young. I loved to dance. I begged my mother to put me into dance classes, and finally, in third grade, she did. Tap and jazz, but not ballet.
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When I see the black experience - there's not one, but it is specific, and you can't ignore it.
