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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Acting is doing. It's not speaking; it's behavior. It's something happening, even if you're only listening.
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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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You can condemn and criticize religion... all those things are fine, but you can't mock and disrespect people.
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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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The first reason for psychology's failure to understand what people are and how they act, is that clinicians and psychiatrists, who are generally the theoreticians on these matters, have essentially made up myths without any evidence to support them; the second reason for psychology's failure is that personality theory has looked for inner traits when it should have been looking for social context.
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The song 'My Way' is a very remarkable song. It is also difficult to sing because you've got to convince people that what you're singing about is the truth. It's a man who is very proud of having achieved everything that he's achieved his way.
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Most of my influences are from the past.
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Relegating conservation to government is like relegating virtue to the Sabbath. Turns over to professionals what should be daily work of amateurs.
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People who call themselves actors and can't ever get work; they do need to get another profession.
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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.
