Leslie Odom, Jr. Quotes
I kind of think we sort of subconsciously draw things into our lives, whatever we're trying to work through.
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It is easy to be independent when you've got money. But to be independent when you haven't got a thing, that's the Lord's test.
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Certitude is not the test of certainty. We have been cocksure of many things that were not so.
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To be honest, proper recognition has only come from the fans. I don't want to be hard, and I don't want to be negative, but I want to be honest.
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I really want to have actors contribute their own ideas, with phrasings and ideas on all levels.
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Acting is doing. It's not speaking; it's behavior. It's something happening, even if you're only listening.
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I am not a great fan of computers. I do watch videos and analyse which batsman is playing how. Batsmen can play different shots on different days. A batsman may not play cover drives well, but if he connects with two such shots, he starts playing the drive well on that day.
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All the women in my family are very dramatic by themselves. They make the biggest things out of nothing. I think that's where I learned a lot about being emotional.
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You can't be around Oprah and not have her influence you, and I don't mean that because she's doling out the free advice. I mean it because she is someone that leads with truth and follows her heart. She's a force.
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I don't find any real rivalries with crime and thriller writers anyway. That might sound a little Pollyanna, but for the most part the writers I compete with, if you want to use that word, it's a pretty friendly rivalry. I think we all realise that the boat rises and sinks together.
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There are people who are very resourceful, at being remorseful, and who apparently feel that the best way to make friends is to do something terrible and then make amends.
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Even city people have ancestors who had their hands in the dirt.
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Free societies are societies in motion, and with motion comes friction.
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Separation is very important to me. I don't strive to be a celebrity. My music has nothing to do with me at the end of the day. Once it's made and it's purchased, it belongs to whoever.
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I used to play the trombone and the trumpet, which I still have, but I haven't picked up for a long time.
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I'd like to be an actress when I'm older. I sometimes do improv. I used to do it with my dad.
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Mankind is not a circle with a single center but an ellipse with two focal points of which facts are one and ideas the other.
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It's a hard job. It means giving up some things, but on the other hand they keep saying you can have it all. You can't really have it all so easy. You can do a little of this and little of that.
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I don't believe in God, but I'm afraid of Him.
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Adequacy is sufficient.
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Dawn, n. The time when men of reason go to bed. Certain old men prefer to rise at about that time, taking a cold bath and a long walk with an empty stomach, and otherwise mortifying the flesh.
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In my lab, we're finding that psychological stress actually ages cells, which can be seen when you measure the wearing down of the tips of the chromosomes, those telomeres.
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Of course, I peed my pants, everyone my age pees their pants. It's the coolest.
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Every five years, I decide to learn something new.
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I kind of think we sort of subconsciously draw things into our lives, whatever we're trying to work through.
