Lynn Nottage Quotes
Plays are getting smaller and smaller, not because playwrights minds are shrinking but because of the economics.
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The way I like to work is to attach personal experiences to what I'm doing, so it helps tremendously if I can write my own play under what the writer has written.
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Let not then any one deceive you, as indeed you are not deceived, inasmuch as you are wholly devoted to God.
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What I've learned is that people have a desire to talk after the first line of reporters go away, and they are no longer speaking out of shock.
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When I was a kid, I wanted a Chanel bob and bangs. My mom said no. I went to the salon anyway, and they said, 'No way - we are not going to do that to your hair.' So I did it myself. Big mistake. Instead of my bangs going down straight, they were sticking up like a cat. It was horrible.
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Floyd Mayweather is in the sport to give great performances.
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When I did 'Alien: Resurrection', a lot of the guys worked on planned production, and one of them was really into comic books and would draw all sorts of characters, and I was impressed with his sketches.
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I love '30 Rock.' It's one of my favorite shows. It's certainly the gold standard of comedy writing.
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It was really impossible to break through in Russia. We couldn't buy any balls. We really didn't have any courts, no rackets, nothing. And no people to practice with.
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No one should ever be forced to choose between food and education, or medicine and shelter when they don't have the resources. It's very unfair.
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People think I'm trying to make a fashion statement because I never wear a bra. It's really that I'm a tomboy at heart.
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I love horse racing, I play golf, and I love travelling.
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When I paint, I definitely live in the present, like someone in a shower whistling or singing.
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One of the first acts during the second coming of Steve Jobs as CEO in 1997 was a major board overhaul.
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President Trump's seeming renunciation of an anti-interventionist foreign policy is the great surprise of the first 100 days, and the most ominous. For any new war could vitiate the Trump mandate and consume his presidency.
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I mean, look at her. Any idiot, you know, would quite taken with Amy.
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I love basketball, but I miss football every time I watch it.
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In high school, I tried very hard to make everybody like me, which resulted in me being extremely unhappy and in a lot of pain. Therefore, the lesson I got from that was that I can't make everybody happy.
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If there's something dangerous, sauces are dangerous for the body.
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The participation of the people in their own government was the more significant, because the colonies actually had what England only seemed to have, - three departments of government.
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We think it's possible. We get a lot of takeaways. The ball seems like it's bounced in our direction right now. We've got to get those balls. We haven't created a lot of fumbles so far. We've got to get the ball on the ground and try to get in the end zone that way.
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In the last twenty-five years a change has come over the visual habits of Americans . . . From being a wordminded people we are becoming an eyeminded people.
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Tranquil as a forest, but on fire within, once you find your center, you are sure to win.
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I'm so quiet if you don't know me.
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Plays are getting smaller and smaller, not because playwrights minds are shrinking but because of the economics.
