Lynn Nottage Quotes
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I've never quite worked out how to do holidays. I've got a house in France which I suppose is a kind of holiday house. But it's really only so I can go on drawing when I get there. I'm never far away from the feeling that I want to be getting on with something.
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Turn your attention for a while away from the worries and anxieties. Remind yourself of all your many blessings.
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'Sister Act' was my first audition out of school. I was 21 and cast as the understudy. It was non-Equity, so I lived in L.A. on $300 a week. I did that for a month and then came to New York to do a couple of gigs, including 'Hair' in the park, before going to London with 'Sister Act,' where I played the lead.
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Young people do not watch television; they are on the Internet.
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It is absolutely critical for competitiveness in the United States for us to really raise the bar in education, especially in math, in science, in technology.
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I had a moment where I left journalism, and I started getting interested in this issue and writing about it, where I felt there was a right side and a wrong side around a lot of these issues relating to education.
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My mother and my grandmother are pioneers of Mexican cuisine in this country, so I grew up in the kitchen. My mom, Zarela Martinez, was by far my biggest influence and inspiration - and toughest critic.
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Being at the Apollo, I was always starstruck.
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Forethought we may have, undoubtedly, but not foresight.
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It's nice for me to be in touch with a younger generation.
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I want to tour, everywhere I can, all of the world.
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Back in those days intimidation was the greatest tool the drill instructor had. Without that tool, he would not have had control.
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What makes Ireland inclined toward the drama is that it's a great country for conversation.
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Moderate doesn't mean that you're a wimp - far from it. It means that you've chosen a path because you believe that's the only way for global harmony and peace.
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We grew up listening to music like that: we grew up on the snap music, grew up off the trap music, grew up on all the South sound.
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When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old I know that it is.
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I spend days with writers' block. It is a problem.
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I've always been really, really aware of my insecurities - really, really aware. I never developed that thick skin that keeps you from letting things get to you.
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Parents spend a lot of time talking over kids. My son went through a vocabulary burst as I was writing 'The Bear.' I thought, 'What if I just stopped and listened?'
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Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.
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Measuring success in cultural diplomacy - the use of education, creative expression in any form, or people-to-people exchange to increase understanding across regions, cultures, or peoples - is challenging. How does one quantify changes in attitude, abandoning stereotypes, or feeling empathy as a result of a performance, a film, a book?
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The press has always written that I am a recluse and a mysterious woman, but I am more down-to-earth than they think.
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The presence of a bed changes the way people interact.
