Leslie Odom, Jr. Quotes
We want to pull out songs from the American song book, and we want to make them palatable for a modern audience.
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I've never said I was a chef - I think I make great food. I will never open a restaurant to do, like, tasting courses.
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Every writer I know got their start in a library somewhere. We read a book, and we thought, 'I want to do that.'
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I don't think what I look like is relevant.
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For about 175,000 people, Chiranjeevi Blood Bank has supplied blood for free in times of emergency. This is because of the service-oriented attitude of Mega fans.
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My father is a silent cinema freak, so he took me to 1925 silent films that took forever, like 5-hour movies, but I've seen a lot of that stuff since I was young. And then I saw the film 'Annie,' and I just wanted to be Annie; I just wanted to be that orphan kid and wanted to sing and dance.
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I will be conquered; I will not capitulate.
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One of the things jazz has always excelled at is translating the reality of the times through its musical prism.
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Vaudeville was characterized by sunny optimism, acts that were uplifting, cheerful, and clean. It provided a fanciful, magical escape, but after Black Friday, the tone of American entertainment changed almost overnight.
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I've always been clear - I feel good at Chelsea. Every week, I repeat the same on PSG. It's a big team but an inferior league. I don't want to return to France, because I've won everything over there - the league title, cup, best player, best young player.
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I have had an amazing career for a man who hits things for a living.
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If your boss asks you why you're comin' in late, you say it's 'cause you stayed late.
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One cannot plan for the unexpected.
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William Shatner has one style. We have completely contrasting personalities. We're very good friends. I adore him, but we're very different people, so they were smart enough to write characters that reflected that.
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Imam Rauf and his backers have every legal right to build their extravagant Islamic center within the lethal radius of Ground Zero. But the rest of us have the right to question why they insist on doing so.
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I would love to go to Ladakh - there are beautiful monasteries there and because I am from Himachal. I would love to go to Paris. I haven't been to New York, which I have heard a lot about. And, I would love to go to Kanyakumari. I think that would be interesting!
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When Scorsese or Coppola cast celebrities in their work, it goes without question.
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Anyone can rap if you've got brains. So I just went with it.
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The speed of change makes you wonder what will become of architecture.
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I turned sadness into an anthem for not letting anything or anyone slow you down.
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Jim Crow is old. That's not who I'm mindful of today. The problem is that Jim Crow has sons. The one we've got to battle is James Crow Jr., Esq. He's a little more educated. He's a little slicker. He's a little more polished, but the results are the same.
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In an imperfect world, full of imperfect leaders, there are countless statues that may not live up to our American values.
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Books have always been important to me - my mom was a first grade teacher, so I grew up reading all the time.
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It was as familiar to me as a song I'd been hearing my whole life, covered by various people but the basic tune the same.
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We want to pull out songs from the American song book, and we want to make them palatable for a modern audience.
