Lynn Nottage Quotes
In listening to the narratives of the Congolese, I came to terms with the extent to which their bodies had become battlefields.
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A historical romance is the only kind of book where chastity really counts.
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I have worked hard and learnt that I have to make a decision - whether I am going to conform and protect myself or not. I chose not to.
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For every reason it's not possible, there are hundreds of people who have faced the same circumstances and succeeded.
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I gave up years ago on the concept that you could actually have balance in your life, I think it's a phantom chase.
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Save yourself some grief. Check with the publicist you hire to see what other books he/she has coming out at the same time as yours.
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Any writer will be happy and good only if they know what they're doing and why they're doing it.
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I actually wanted to first direct and produce, but then I got this very cool opportunity to be in front of the camera once.
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We love playing music but we're too weird to play music.
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I'm fulfilling my dreams that I had as a kid every single day.
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I'm an actor first and foremost, who happens to do improv. I've also done sitcoms, I've done stage.
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Playing Willie Loomis was really fun for me because it was something nice and different to embody. It was neat playing this drunken servant who was hypnotized by Johnny Depp.
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At Pixar, we do a million versions of the movie, and every one of them goes through their awkward teenage phase where it's terrible and doesn't make sense, and we just keep working on it.
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The Arab representatives and their followers were not interested in the persecuted millions throughout the world; they were fixed on a political agenda that distracted the world from their own serious shortcomings in the human-rights department.
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The thing you fear most has no power. Your fear of it is what has the power. Facing the truth really will set you free.
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I've always felt so fortunate to have writing to turn to every day. I'm obsessed with it.
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You need to love your life; you have to appreciate yourself.
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The Masters is a sell-out annually, and even the scalpers mind their manners.
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I've decided to recast myself as Utopian. I like this landscape of the M25 and Heathrow. I like airfreight offices and rent-a-car bureaus. I like dual carriageways. When I see a CCTV camera, I know I'm safe.
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There are two kinds of people in one's life-people whom one keeps waiting-and the people for whom one waits
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The good news is hopeful doesn't mean dumb. The bad news is cynical doesn't mean smart.
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Is it the right thing to burn Qurans? Legally? Can pastor burn Quran tomorrow? People accept legally it is right. But is it the right thing to do? No.
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Trying to be Sherlock Holmes is like trying to catch an arrow in mid-flight.
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My body can't put anyone in jeopardy of not making money anymore - my body is just not on the table that way anymore.
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In listening to the narratives of the Congolese, I came to terms with the extent to which their bodies had become battlefields.
