Lynn Nottage Quotes
The people sometimes who are closest to us are the ones who bear the brunt of our frustration.
Quotes to Explore
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The Constitution isn't written in Chinese, Swahili or Sanskrit. It's in plain English.
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I've been really lucky with the people that I've gotten to work with. I learn a lot from them, just by watching them.
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If you have a kid who goes to kindergarten and doesn't know what a circle is, doesn't know what red and green are, and doesn't know what right and left are, by the time he learns those things, the rest of the class is far ahead of him.
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I like to be underdressed rather than overdressed. For an event or a premiere, it's fun to dress up more - then I like to experiment.
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The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.
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I've been reading tabloids since I was nine. I love a good story.
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To make the child in your own image is a capital crime, for your image is not worth repeating. The child knows this and you know it. Consequently you hate each other.
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I open the doors for everybody all the time.
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Be skeptical of concepts that divorce war from its political nature, particularly those that promise fast, cheap victory through technology.
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I think that if you're improvising on TV, it's a great way to help the dialogue between actors and writers.
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The chemistry that you get from living with your band and creating music and recording with your band translates to the stage.
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I love working with women.
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Let's face it, us '60s folks had pretty high expectations.
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It's an unfortunate reality of life that toxins are constantly building up in our bodies.
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The plastic bottle we're throwing away every day still stays there. And if we show that to people, then we can also promote some behavioral change.
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The power of the ballot we need in sheer defense, else what shall save us from a second slavery?
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I was shocked when I heard that Farghadani had been sentenced to 12 years and nine months in prison on spurious charges, as Amnesty International notes, of 'spreading propaganda against the system,' 'insulting members of the parliament through paintings' and 'insulting the Supreme Leader' with her cartoon.
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The simple things in life make me very happy.
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Benito Mussolini created the word 'fascism.' He defined it as 'the merging of the state and the corporation.' He also said a more accurate word would be 'corporatism.' This was the definition in Webster's up until 1987 when a corporation bought Webster's and changed it to exclude any mention of corporations.
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I feel like everything will be a letdown after 'You're The Worst.' It was such a great experience.
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I have been vain since birth. I expected other people to like what I did, although my vanity has definitely diminished over the years.
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When the last red man shall have perished from the earth and his memory among the white men shall have become a myth, these shores will swarm with the invisible dead of my tribe. The white man will never be alone. Let him be just and deal kindly with my people, for the dead are not powerless.
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The part of my education that has had the deepest influence wasn't any particular essay or even a specific class, it was how I was able to apply everything I learned in the library to certain situations in my life. . . The library takes me away from my everyday life and allows me to see other places and learn to understand other people unlike myself.
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The people sometimes who are closest to us are the ones who bear the brunt of our frustration.
