Lin-Manuel Miranda Quotes
Everything we know about Hamilton, we knew when he was alive, because he told us.
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If you have a movie coming out, and people are talking about you, the amount of scripts will build.
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It's one of the reasons I don't do drugs. One sniff and I'd go all the way.
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Change is no threat to culture.
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In a real sense, people who have read good literature have lived more than people who cannot or will not read. It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish.
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When you have to do as much as women do, the Internet allows you to - from home - figure out a way to extend your reach and power in the world. It allows you to do what job you've done traditionally, and create aspirations by carrying on a job and using the Internet to amplify everything you're doing.
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The people I admire unreservedly are my parents. They are the real pioneers of Africa in many ways. They were born and raised in rural Africa during the colonial period. They are the ones who came to the U.S. long before I did.
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Know why you believe, understand what you believe, and possess a reason for the faith that is in you.
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That's one of the things that I've loved about 'Spider-Man' and Marvel in general. The characters all have dimension.
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The end of confession is to tell the truth to and for oneself.
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Some people have a misunderstanding about the Army. Some people think, 'Hey, you're in the military, and everything is super-hierarchical, and you're in an environment that is intolerable of criticism, and people don't want frank assessments.' I think the opposite is the case.
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Industry and institutes need to build smarter linkages.
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I never planned to be an actor. It turned out I could make a living doing it.
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I like everything that people say. No matter what they say. You gay, you a punk. You got a nice girlfriend, you're ugly, you can't rap, you're the hardest.
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For me, writing time has always been precious, something I wait for and am eager for and make the best use of. That's probably why I get up so early and have writing time in the quiet dawn hours, when no one needs me.
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No rapper in the world from Jay-Z to Tupac to Biggie has 100 percent love on everything they do.
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I read in a weird way. It comes in waves, and then I start, like, five different books at once. It takes me six months to a year to finish them all, since I read mostly on planes.
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The Flight 93 Memorial isn't that easy to get to. It isn't like the memorials in New York City or Washington, D.C., where you may go on a business trip or family vacation. No, in order to get to Shanksville, PA, you fly to Pittsburgh, make your way through the traffic and onto the highway that takes you through the beautiful wooded countryside.
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They love putting me in the 'indie queen' box. I had some high standards in my 20s that I don't have anymore.
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I don't spend much money on clothes; I never did.
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I think the Democrats' role is to be vocal.
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[When Harry Met Sally] was fine, but it was a job. And I did it right after The 'Burbs.
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I want to reach young women and to get them involved in the mission of the YWCA, economic empowerment of women and girls, and ending racism.
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Everything is global now. It's not London, it's not Spain, it's not Italy - everything is everywhere. So you have to be everywhere, I guess.
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Everything we know about Hamilton, we knew when he was alive, because he told us.
