Lynn Nottage Quotes
My interest in theatre and storytelling began in my mother's kitchen. It was a meeting place for my mother's large circle of friends.
Quotes to Explore
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Life in California is beautiful.
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I always played to win.
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I like a little bit of designer, with a bit of vintage and high street mixed in. I love it when you find those one-off key pieces, which end up becoming investment pieces.
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But ours was intended to be a citizen government. It is what of, by and for the people means. And when our most important issue in California is the creation of jobs, I think it's quite helpful to have someone in the U.S. Senate or in the governor's seat who actually knows where jobs come from.
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If you want to change things, it requires bravery.
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The beauty of kids is they don't care who you are, which is why people like the Obamas like them so much - they treat them like normal people.
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I had spent my childhood making up adventures in my head. Then I realized when I went to acting school that there were adventures written down, and you could learn lines, and you could do the adventures for real, not just in your head.
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To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect.
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My friends like to play as me in the baseball games, and they call to tell me about every bag I steal. And you know, every time a new game comes out, I check to make sure my speed is up to par. But to me, when you talk video games, you're talking 'Madden.'
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It's really not my thing to go after what comedians are doing. Because I always feel like we're jesters at the end of the day.
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'Motorcycle Diaries' had the best costumes - that battered jacket and those linen shirts. I wear linen shirts in real life, too, and I have a nice, simple number I got handed down. As a father, you just stop buying stuff for yourself. It's all for the kids.
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I do not accept the right of big powers to change governments as and when it affects their interests.
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With 'Smoke Signals,' the character was so much like me growing up. I lost my parents, and I wish I'd had an opportunity to find out where they were. So I was reflecting on how I grew up, that feeling of abandonment. That whole film was a reality that I always held back and kept to myself.
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People can be inspired the way I've been inspired by music.
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I think I'd be a great mom, honestly. I don't think I'll have any problem giving them all the love in the world. Discipline will be the hard part.
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I'm interested in human nature. That's why I chose to become an actor.
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We all have a way to contribute, to your community, to your family, whatever it is you can do.
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I now have two different audiences. There's the one that has been watching my action films for 20 years, and the American family audience. American jokes, less fighting.
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To bear all kinds of tortures without a murmur of resentment is not possible for a human being without the strength that comes from God.
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I believe everything is about balance. I'm not 100% vegan, and obviously my fiance and my friends are not vegan, so I have to come up with a menu that will satisfy everybody.
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When I first started blogging, I kept it a secret from my friends and then started to show a few people, and it snowballed from there.
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I like being an outsider. It is better in France on the outside.
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When people say 'American soccer,' they think of the U.S. national team. But American soccer also includes Major League Soccer, and until we have a league that produces players at the rate other leagues around the world do, I don't believe we'll ever get to where we want to be.
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My interest in theatre and storytelling began in my mother's kitchen. It was a meeting place for my mother's large circle of friends.
