Leslie Odom, Jr. Quotes
It's not about doing something that's as big as 'Hamilton.' That may never happen again, and that's okay.Leslie Odom, Jr.
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The incredible cinematography makes 'A Walk to Beautiful' almost like a poem; there is a tenderness on display that seems to emanate from the camera. There is also great sensitivity to the women whose stories are being told - never did I have a sense of the subjects being exploited.
Abraham Verghese -
Republicans are for both the man and the dollar, but in case of conflict the man before the dollar.
Abraham Lincoln -
What I generally get from being in Africa is a sense of warmth and openness. As a stranger, you are always welcomed into people's homes and people are always offering you food. That generosity is incredibly touching.
Naomie Harris -
I wish I could compete again, but my good feeling is, these competitions are better as exhibitions.
Oksana Baiul -
Vice is a creature of such hideous mien... that the more you see it the better you like it.
Finley Peter Dunne -
I think my novel, 'Walden Two,' has made people stop and look at the culture they have inherited and wonder if it is the last word or whether it can be changed.
B. F. Skinner
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With the 'Old Kingdom' trilogy, at least half the readers were older adults rather than younger adults. I wrote them for myself with no particular audience in mind.
Garth Nix -
When you make a movie, it's up to so many things and so many people.
Gary Cole -
In studio films, everything has to be boxed in, everybody needs to know beforehand - this is comedy, this is sci-fi, this is drama - and what's the point of independent film if you don't get to experiment?
Famke Janssen -
Politicians read the polls that show 85 or 90 percent of the voters profess a belief in God, so they identify themselves with religion, often only to the degree necessary to reach the constituency they are targeting.
Jack Germond -
'Wicked' gave us a story that 'The Wizard of Oz' did not. Two sides to every story.
Abbi Glines -
That's a real secret. You can trust God. I feel I love the Lord with all of my heart, and he will not put more on me than I can bear. And so I always say, 'Lord, I trust you with me.' So I figure, anything that happens in my life, I must be able to bear it, or he wouldn't allow it to happen.
Tammy Faye Bakker
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On a ship, everything is enclosed: the people are right on top of each other and can't get up and walk away.
Patrick O'Brian -
Remember how small the world was before I came along? I brought it all to life: I moved the whole world onto a 20-foot screen.
D. W. Griffith -
Marriage is a social construct, but I still believe in it.
Talulah Riley -
Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who would want to live in an institution?
H. L. Mencken -
I've never loved anybody the way I love my children.
Katey Sagal -
I was going to be the head wrangler at a ranch in Wyoming, and the reason I didn't take the job is because I couldn't have my family there - the family had to stay in town. I just wasn't willing to do that.
Taylor Sheridan
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For a firm to be exceptional, it has to be led by purpose. Our purpose is to make an impact that matters.
Punit Renjen -
Bless that which you want. If you see a person with a beautiful home, bless that person and bless that home. If you see a person with a beautiful car, bless that person and bless that car. If you see a person with a loving family, bless that person and bless that family. If you see a person with a beautiful body, bless that person and bless their body.
T. Harv Eker -
Starting probably with Janeane Garofalo and that era of stand-up ladies who were starting to be more brainy and strong and clever, guys started noticing those girls as sexy smart. I always called it smarxy.
Paula Pell -
One may reject such proposals as something that will hurt merit but the ground reality is students from such sections do not have the same access to quality education that rich students enjoy.
Uma Bharti -
It's not about doing something that's as big as 'Hamilton.' That may never happen again, and that's okay.
Leslie Odom, Jr.