Lynn Nottage Quotes
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I can't help but care about the rights of the people I used to shower with.
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And I mean I never doubt anybody's record.
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America's decline would set in motion tectonic shifts undermining the political stability of the entire Middle East.
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One of the things I had to learn as a writer was to trust the act of writing. To put myself in the position of writing to find out what I was writing.
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If writers, like comedians or singers, could only hear themselves bombing as they worked, it's likely that certain books would be cut short after the first few leaden sentences.
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Everyone looks adorable singing with James Corden.
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Don't fall into the trap of putting yourself last on the list or not even putting yourself on the list. That's not balance; it's not even healthy.
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All I ever wanted really, and continue to want out of life, is to give 100 percent to whatever I'm doing and to be committed to whatever I'm doing and then let the results speak for themselves. Also to never take myself or people for granted and always be thankful and grateful to the people who helped me.
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Maintaining the dignity of my subjects has grown to be, over the years, an imperative in my work, both in the taking of the pictures and in their presentation.
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It's bad taste to be wise all the time, like being at a perpetual funeral.
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For us there's U2 music, and then there's everything else.
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My number one thing was that if I ever did get successful enough to make it, I wanted to be able to give back to my family.
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In income tax, there is no case for amnesty.
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I am not 'in pursuit of truth.' It is not my 'quarry.' I am of my human nature a thinker, and conscious of need, responsibility of thinking-speaking with truth. I do not go about hunting 'truths.'
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We’ve arranged a society based on science and technology, in which nobody understands anything about science and technology. And this combustible mixture of ignorance and power, sooner or later, is going to blow up in our faces. Who is running the science and technology in a democracy if the people don’t know anything about it?
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Life, struck sharp on death,Makes awful lightning. His last word was, 'Love–'Love, my child, love, love!'–(then he had done with grief)'Love, my child.' Ere I answered he was gone,And none was left to love in all the world.
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Hate has no place in the house of God.
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Everything I write is about big feelings. What I care about is trying to be brave enough to feel how you feel and to be emotionally true.
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There are some remedies worse than the disease.
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The best way I've learned to navigate pivotal moments in my career is by actively cultivating a personal board of directors. The most successful companies and nonprofits have strong boards to help guide them, so why not create our own? The needs are quite similar.
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For me, playwriting is sharing my experiences, telling my stories.
