Lin-Manuel Miranda Quotes
In the best works of fiction, there's no mustache-twirling villain. I try to write shows where even the bad guy's got his reasons.
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I am very proud to be African. I want to defend African people, and I want to show to the world that African players can be as good as the Europeans and South Americans.
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Success to me is having ten honeydew melons and eating only the top half of each slice.
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I've directed independent film.
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Live TV has an amazing pace to it. You've got to be able to think quick, make changes last minute, and be funny and fast.
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All who consult on doubtful matters, should be void of hatred, friendship, anger, and pity.
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I was kind of a wild child. I wasn't taught the niceties of life.
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In U.S. sports, you tend to be pretty strictly limited by the size of your team's market. When we heard that Villa was a club here that might be available, I had a strong feeling that a team in the West Midlands could be the chance to create something very special.
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A damn independent boy; independent as a hog on ice.
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Hollywood isn't ready for an Indian leading man.
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When I did 'Hot Fuzz,' I tried to get Barbara Steele in the movie, but I was told she had retired.
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It's not about putting a speaker in a chair or putting a TV in a bed. That's not how technology and the home intersect. For me, it's about sensors, about the home knowing where you are.
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I think it's really important to be conscious of yourself and the world around you. For me, that meant reading a lot and reporting.
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At the height of the British Empire very few English novels were written that dealt with British power. It's extraordinary that at the moment in which England was the global superpower the subject of British power appeared not to interest most writers.
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How do you live with evil? Art is traditionally - certainly with my secular background - the answer, but art is very self-referential, whereas religion claims to go beyond the bounds of human existence.
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Let's remember that our children's spirits are more important than any material things. When we do, self-esteem and love blossoms and grows more beautifully than any bed of flowers ever could.
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As soon as I got out there I felt a strange relationship with the pitcher's mound. It was as if I'd been born out there. Pitching just felt like the most natural thing in the world. Striking out batters was easy.
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From 'Trainspotting' to 'Acid House,' I moved from urban realism into fantasy.
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Art is more engaging that propaganda.
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I think 4chan is going to stay the same.
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The edge of a black hole, the event horizon, is a boundary that marks the point of no return. Once an object crosses the event horizon, it cannot escape and will be ripped to pieces, atom by atom.
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The tastes of country music fans are not limited to the narrow range defined by consultants and programmers and record company moguls.
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I divide criticism into two categories - one coming from those who understand music, who are worthy of being critical because they are knowledgeable about what they are saying; and then there is another category of people who would criticise you anyway, whether your work is good or bad.
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I'm pretty lucky to work on both 'CSI: NY' and 'Supernatural.' Not bad gigs!
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In the best works of fiction, there's no mustache-twirling villain. I try to write shows where even the bad guy's got his reasons.
