Leslie Odom, Jr. Quotes
What's a better foundation for drama? You have power, you have ambition, you have sex... that's the stuff of drama.
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The first book I sat down to write was an historical romance. It was really bad and thankfully no one ever saw it.
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Only twice have I really had a hard time leaving a character. The first was my character in 'Rome' and then in 'Homeland.'
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I've never had a study in my life. I'm like Jane Austen - I work on the corner of the dining table.
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The product of extraordinary wealth allied to a taste for the sumptuous.
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I think there's plenty of evidence that we need to stop spewing so much carbon into the air, that we're contributing to climate change and that we ought to look for alternatives.
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I'm an actress, and that's my work and my passion.
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At the end of the day, I am not my dad and have my own journey to make.
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If it's a close election, then it's better for the Supreme Court to pick the president, whether or not he won the election. It's just insane on its face.
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At times it is folly to hasten at other times, to delay. The wise do everything in its proper time.
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We had a lot of difficulty in getting the French to accept the pyramid. They thought we were trying to import a piece of Egypt until I pointed out that their obelisk was also from Egypt and the Place des Pyramides is around the corner. Then they accepted it. The pyramid at the Louvre, though, is just the tip.
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After God and my family, it's surf. I don't imagine me not surfing. Surf brings me smile every day.
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My great-grandfather came here as a refugee from the pogrom in Ukraine.
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The historian will tell you what happened. The novelist will tell you what it felt like.
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Man masters nature not by force but by understanding. This is why science has succeeded where magic failed: because it has looked for no spell to cast over nature.
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When I needed to think or was really upset, generally I climbed a tree.
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Happiness does not come from football awards. It's terrible to correlate happiness with football. Happiness comes from a good job, being able to feed your wife and kids. I don't dream football, I dream the American dream - two cars in a garage, be a happy father.
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No one ever bugged Jack Nicholson. When we made 'Witches,' and people were standing around to see him, he'd just come out and say, 'Hi everybody!' I was lucky enough to go with him to a Lakers game, too, and he was always friendly. No one bothers Jack, because he makes himself so accessible.
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When works of art are presented like rare butterflies on the walls, they're decontextualized. We admire their beauty, and I have nothing against that, per se. But there is more to art than that.
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I'm a real food know-it-all.
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I’ve come to the conclusion that people who wear headphones while they walk, are much happier, more confident, and more beautiful individuals than someone making the solitary drudge to work without acknowledging their own interests and power.
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I just believe in standing up for people and against discrimination. I consider myself an advocate for human rights.
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My family was never cultural in that we never went to see plays, my mum wasn't very into films.
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When you don't have a laugh track, you can make the clothes funny. We can make a sign funny. We can make the way somebody walks funny. The makeup can be funny.
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What's a better foundation for drama? You have power, you have ambition, you have sex... that's the stuff of drama.
