Lynn Nottage Quotes
I remain committed to telling the stories of women of the African diaspora, particularly those stories that don't often find their way into the mainstream media.
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In Kenya women are the first victims of environmental degradation, because they are the ones who walk for hours looking for water, who fetch firewood, who provide food for their families.
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I feel very strongly that young women have regressed a little bit. But I do get all preachy about it.
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But all over Ohio - all over America - men and women are going back to work with the pride of building something stamped 'Made in America.'
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I realize now that I've hoped to be great - as an actress, as a mother - because I want to embody the greatness of women who didn't get to be all they could have been. Their dignity, their courage, and their brilliance make me strive to be better. They're a part of me.
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When I took my first job, I was among only a handful of women. It was isolating at times. My love for technology kept me going, and I got to where I am today driven by my passion and self confidence.
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I spend a lot of time talking to women interested in office about how they can make it work.
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I am thrilled yet overwhelmed. There are so many great women athletes, some incredible performances.
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Men and women have roles - their roles are different, but their rights are equal.
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I think there have always been funny women, from Carol Burnett to Joan Rivers. When the audience sees a woman, they innately know she's worked twice as hard to get there, she's had to prove that she can be the leader, first, and then be funny on top of it. She has to emit a confidence that she's in control.
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Shoes are very emotional. For women, they carry the message that you want to give to the world. One day you want to be sexy, or super powerful at your job - you wear a great pump. If you want to be on-the-go and running after your kids - you wear a great flat.
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I think women are by nature competitive - secretly, privately within their own selves, on lots of different levels, on the way they look, perform.
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There are really very few roles for women in films in which you can also make a living.
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The women's movement ruined a permanent vacation.
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Regardless of what you're searching, you ain't gonna find it until you include God. Because, if you have a problem with women, drugs, or whatever the case may be, the only person that can fix that problem is God.
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Women make us poets, children make us philosophers.
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Let's face it: men do a lot of things in the workplace that women just don't do.
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When we saw our plane on TV as breaking news, it was the most surreal experience. A lot of the women were crying. There was a gentleman who was writing in his journal and crying. Seeing that isn't easy.
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Sometimes, when full and in fear that I will continue to eat unwanted food just because it's staring at me, I will place my napkin over the remaining portion. This is what I frequently refer to as a 'food funeral.'
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As an investigative filmmaker, I helped expose atrocities committed by ISIS against women and girls. They are evil, and we have to stop them.
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I believe it is within our capacity that by the year 2051 that 51 percent of the human population will be flourishing. That is my charge.
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I get slightly obsessive about working in archives because you don't know what you're going to find. In fact, you don't know what you're looking for until you find it.
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When I was growing up in Terrell, Texas, I felt that it was not where I was supposed to be. I knew that I was meant for a different destination. I think that the minute I was born, there was something inside telling me where I would go, it's like energy - an intangible destiny.
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I remain committed to telling the stories of women of the African diaspora, particularly those stories that don't often find their way into the mainstream media.
