Lynn Nottage Quotes
The person whose work introduced me to the craft was Lorraine Hansberry. The person who taught me to love the craft was Tennessee Williams. The person who really taught me the power of the craft was August Wilson, and the person who taught me the political heft of the craft was Arthur Miller.
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Funny is an attitude.
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Stand with anybody that stands right, stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes wrong.
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I work so hard, but... everything just goes my way! It's insane!
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My Alma mater was books, a good library... I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.
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I am not a great fan of computers. I do watch videos and analyse which batsman is playing how. Batsmen can play different shots on different days. A batsman may not play cover drives well, but if he connects with two such shots, he starts playing the drive well on that day.
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There's never really been a real hood Christmas movie.
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I can't say I'm having trouble with my husband or that I have a stubborn child.
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I just make up lyrics off the top of my head. A lot of times, there's a phrase I really like, and I kind of build the song around that.
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I wear tweed jackets and button-down shirts. I am a 1955 graduate of Harvard University who drives a 1968 Mercedes.
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If you're conservative in Hollywood, you're on a list of people who need to be put in their place.
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I like 'The Three Musketeers.' I like those kind of cool things where they were having a robe and a sword.
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There is no one true church.
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The nonphysical law allows you to use nonphysical causes to create nonphysical effects and also physical effects. This does not mean that you are not in control of what you create. On the contrary! It means that you are entirely free to create what you want, provided you are aware of how the nonphysical law of cause and effect works.
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Follow the fellow who follows a dream.
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I had to get out of America to get a professional life going where I could actually make a living.
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For one human being to love another; that is perhaps the most difficult of all our tasks, the ultimate, the last test and proof, the work for which all other work is but preparation.
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Decision making in a democracy depends above all on knowledge and not just the intel available to presidents and policymakers.
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It's a hard job. It means giving up some things, but on the other hand they keep saying you can have it all. You can't really have it all so easy. You can do a little of this and little of that.
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We sat around and I fed them barbecue and whiskey. And pretty soon everyone started to compete with each other on the guitars. It seemed the more everyone drank and ate, the more everyone got into it.
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Even when you hear about a comedian getting married, among comedians, we're always kind of like, what are they doing?
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The vegan diet is obviously lacking whatever essential nutrient it is that makes people likeable.
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I think when you're a mom and an actor, it forces you to leave any actor neuroses behind and just concentrate on the work.
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The person whose work introduced me to the craft was Lorraine Hansberry. The person who taught me to love the craft was Tennessee Williams. The person who really taught me the power of the craft was August Wilson, and the person who taught me the political heft of the craft was Arthur Miller.
