Leslie Odom, Jr. Quotes

Oh, Alexander Hamilton fell short of his best self every now and again, and he still managed to do these wonderful things - well, so do I. So what am I capable of?

Leslie Odom, Jr.

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• I know a lot about Judy Garland. She was born in 1922, and I think she died in '69. When I was little, like, when I was 8, I knew all of her husbands' names.

  

  Kate Micucci
  • Know
  • Born
  • Died

• I started at the top and worked my way down.

  

  Orson Welles
  • Way
  • Down
  • Top

• The dynamic element in my philosophy, taken as a whole, can be seen as an obstinate and untiring battle against the spirit of abstraction.

  

  Gabriel Marcel
  • Taken
  • Philosophy
  • Battle

• I think Gadi Eizenkot is a very good commander.

  

  Naftali Bennett
  • Good
  • Think
  • Very

• The first bike that I bought was a Triumph 650. I really like the Triumph 650. I mean, of course, I've driven Harleys, and I think in 'Savage Seven' I drove an Indian, but - I really love Triumph.

  

  Larry Bishop
  • Think
  • Like
  • Bike

• I think I've always been somebody to break rules.

  

  Manish Dayal
  • Think
  • Always
  • Rules

• I have worries and fears just like everybody else. But I have every reason to wake up each morning and be very happy.

  

  Faith Hill
  • Up
  • Happy
  • Morning

• I think life would be so much funnier if every day you saw someone walking down the street getting hit in the head by a monkey, don't you?

  

  Harland Williams
  • Life
  • Day
  • Walking

• There's a lot of garbage, and then there are those ones that just stand out so incredibly. You fight for those roles; you do everything in your power to get it.

  

  Maika Monroe
  • Power
  • Fight
  • Stand

• I hated my big hair. I always wore it straight.

  

  Fleur East
  • Always
  • Hair
  • Big

• My father's death from prostate cancer in 1993 was tragic. He never complained about pain. He was a fighter. By the time he was ready to die he wasn't able to die in the way that he wanted to, which seemed an outrage to me.

  

  Zoe Wanamaker
  • Time
  • Father
  • Death

• The kind of audience I'm speaking to is a very wide range of people.

  

  Haley Reinhart
  • People
  • Kind
  • Audience

• I stayed in the ghetto. Then I stayed in condos, then I stayed in penthouses, and then I stayed in mansions.

  

  Young Thug
  • Ghetto
  • Then
  • Mansions

• I don't spend a lot of time thinking about the ratings of Congress. I really don't.

  

  Nancy Pelosi
  • Time
  • Thinking
  • Congress

• Something I learned when I was very young: with cooking, it doesn't matter where you are; you can always cook. You can end up in small village in Peru where somebody's cooking, take a spoon and taste it, and you might not be too sure what you're eating, but you can taste the soul in the food. That's what is beautiful with food.

  

  Daniel Boulud
  • Up
  • Soul
  • Beautiful

• I have been in the film industry for 35 years, and everyone, including the spot-boys, will vouch for my character.

  

  Om Puri
  • Character
  • Film
  • Everyone

• The few effective provisions of Dodd-Frank are masked by its many flaws - flaws that have been and will continue to be detrimental to the American economy and our financial future if not reversed.

  

  Sam Graves
  • American
  • Future
  • Financial

• I love playing characters, so I'm always telling my agents, 'Don't worry if the character description is something you think I'm not. Let me try to be that person.'

  

  Vanessa Lengies
  • Character
  • Think
  • Person

• Being a big fan of 'Glee,' I want to do the show justice.

  

  Samuel Larsen
  • Want
  • Justice
  • Big

• I mean, look at her. Any idiot, you know, would quite taken with Amy.

  

  Vince Gill
  • Know
  • Taken
  • Look

• The young people I know judge leaders by their deeds and abhor hypocrisy. Inconsistency and point-scoring do not win respect. It's not easy to be engaged in political debate when it is reduced to performers trying to outdo each other. Actions from leaders must mirror the values they claim to espouse.

  

  Alexandra Adornetto
  • People
  • Trying
  • Political

• 'Think simple' as my old master used to say - meaning reduce the whole of its parts into the simplest terms, getting back to first principles.

  

  Frank Lloyd Wright
  • Simple

• I just kept riding the bus and riding the bus. I found out later that the whole time he was paying my fares -- since you couldn't ride the bus for free, you know. And we finally got together and just clicked.

  

  J. M. Roberts
  • Time
  • Paying
  • Fares

• Oh, Alexander Hamilton fell short of his best self every now and again, and he still managed to do these wonderful things - well, so do I. So what am I capable of?

  

  Leslie Odom, Jr.