LZ Granderson Quotes
The Dr. King holiday is not just for black people, African-Americans or people of African descent.
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My mom says that when I was a little kid, I always used to say I wanted to be an actor, but I don't remember that.
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This identity, this mind, this particular cast of speech, is nearly over.
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I get a lot of influence from pro wrestling. People are like, 'Oh, it's fake.' But it's not about whether the guy wins or loses, it's about how he entertains you the whole time you're watching.
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I've had the same barber since I was about 14 years old.
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Dress codes and gestures and attitudes have always inspired me, as has youth culture in general, although now I question it more. If you analyze youth cultures over history, there has always been something strict about them - you have to be like this or like that.
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My mom has helped me nurture my interest and hone my talent.
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What about Broadway? Yes, I'm involved with a new musical based on 'The Adams Family.'
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I taught a lot of art history, especially Chinese, Japanese, and Indian. But the painting classes came back. The nudes came back. Not so much the still lifes. So now our department is the worst department, partly because it has the worst facilities.
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I've lived in New York for 40 years. I came right after college.
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The public has lost the habit of movie-going because the cinema no longer possesses the charm, the hypnotic charisma, the authority it once commanded. The image it once held for us all - that of a dream we dreamt with our eyes open - has disappeared.
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I think women today are really struggling with these dual roles: How do you have a full-time career and be ambitious and still take care of your family?
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It is not productive to see things in simple black and white, and talk in either anti-nuclear or pro-nuclear terms.
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My very first job was a cashier at Burger King in Tucson, Arizona. And I occasionally worked the drive-thru. I'd go wherever I was needed! My second job was at Dairy Queen. I stayed in the fast food royalty.
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I love the immediacy of those old analog machines; it's really inspiring. You just set them up to play, and they go, playing the same thing until you switch the pattern.
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I'm mainly an airport author, and if you're trying to take your mind off the journey, you're not going to read 'King Lear.'
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After coming to India, I have felt the loneliest I have ever been in my life. I don't have a support system here.
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If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.
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If you bungle raising your children, I don't think whatever else you do matters very much.
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What played to what had been a relative weakness for us-this was exploding overseas as well, and we had to scramble to mount some reach and get into places and be competitive on the ground.
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What you believe one day isn't what you believe the next day and I think every writer secretly believes that they may never be able to do write good song or script again, but they can.
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When we were doing 'The Sopranos', I used to love that about it. There were rules, Mafia codes you had to go by, but the code is ridiculous. It's a code among sociopaths.
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An activist is someone who makes an effort to see problems that are not being addressed and then makes an effort to make their voice heard. Sometimes there are so many things that it's almost impossible to make your voice heard in every area, but you can sure try.
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It is hard work to be good when you are very little and very hungry, and have many sticks to beat you, and no mother's lips to kiss you.
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The Dr. King holiday is not just for black people, African-Americans or people of African descent.
