LZ Granderson Quotes
Believe me, I recognize the cultural and anatomical challenges and respect the sacrifices women make in order to balance family and a career, or family with no career, or career with no family.
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It takes two years on the stage for an actor or an actress to learn how to speak correctly and to manage his voice properly, and it takes about ten years to master the subtle art of being able to hold one's audience.
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I've been described as a smart actor because I've attended college. Or I've been called an artsy jock. And I am thinking, 'So, are actors supposed to be dumb?'
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I've wanted to be an actor for such a long time that I haven't had anything else in my thoughts. I think my family would have quite liked me to be a lawyer.
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I've had Irish skin from the time I was a young girl.
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If I can't face my accusers, that's a joke. We did that in medieval times.
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The American people know something is wrong as far as energy is concerned. They don't think they are being told the truth.
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I envy those who can wear red lipstick or any bold lip colour, really. My top lip just doesn't seem to take colour - there's nothing I can do to change that, so I usually just use a nude on the bottom lip.
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Comic book readers tend to be pretty secular and anti-authoritarian; nothing is above satire in their eyes.
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I'd never written a novel before, and I wrote a novel, and that turned out OK.
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A startup is literally just a series of unfortunate events where you failed, failed, failed, and failed until you succeed.
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I like to know that when I'm 90 years old, I'm going to be able to look at a song or poem I wrote and say, 'Wow! I remember I was so crazy about this person,' or 'I remember what that day felt like.'
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I find it hard to act other than the way I feel.
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All human beings are also dream beings. Dreaming ties all mankind together.
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When Princess Diana got married, I was a very little kid, I think. I remember her dress, and I found the dress amazing when I was a kid.
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The only time some people work like a horse is when the boss rides them.
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We are a people in a quandary about the present. We are a people in search of our future. We are a people in search of a national community.
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The pursuit of perfection always implies a definite aristocracy, which is as much a goal of effort as a noble philosophy, an august civil polity or a great art.
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If colleges and universities are really concerned about women's rights, then they must adjust to a far more flexible structure to allow young women students to take leaves of absence if they want to have children early.
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I don't particularly like being angry about stuff. I'd rather hang out with my daughter and write my little books.
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That's what's interesting about the Lower East Side: It's New York, but it's also edgy. It's not as stuffy as Tribeca or Soho.
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I never had planned for my life and my career.
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In the Great Depression, you bought something if you had the cash to buy it.
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We're all lucky to be working, and I'm glad to be employed.
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Believe me, I recognize the cultural and anatomical challenges and respect the sacrifices women make in order to balance family and a career, or family with no career, or career with no family.
