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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For twenty years, Islamic Jihadists have been attacking American interests around the world and we did not take them seriously until September 11th, 2001.
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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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Ninety percent of my ideas come to me either when I'm reading or watching a show.
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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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I find flaws attractive. I find scars attractive.
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I had a really good childhood up until I was nine years old. Then a classic case of divorce really affected me and I moved back and forth between relatives all the time. And I just became extremely depressed and withdrawn.
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The Network Generation are secure in, and proud of, their Scottishness. Unlike my generation that grew up in the '80s, they don't see our sense of identity as under threat.
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My feeling about growing up in New Jersey was, 'How come I'm not in New York?' That being said, I'm older and I have a better worldview now, and so I think I grew up in an incredibly privileged position. The town I grew up in is beautiful. I got a great education, and I'm very grateful for it.
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Plays are getting smaller and smaller, not because playwrights minds are shrinking but because of the economics.
