Angela Robinson Quotes

In the '80s, 'Dreamgirls' was our 'Hamilton.' It was cutting-edge, and it was what made me want to do theater.

Angela Robinson

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• Technologically, I live in the 17th century; I don't have a computer, I don't have any of that stuff. I don't look at the Internet, although I know people tell me I'm all over it. Somebody told me they Googled me, and they said I was mentioned two million times, some stupid thing... but who cares?

  

  Iris Apfel
  • People
  • Live
  • Stupid

• For a long time, I said I didn't want to model. I was a dancer.

  

  Hailey Bieber
  • Time
  • Long
  • Want

• We all know how funny Morrissey is. Actually, you know what? I say that sarcastically. His songs are some of the funniest songs I've ever heard in my life. I mean, really. I mean, not that the 'Girlfriend in a Coma' is, like, really funny.

  

  Zach Galifianakis
  • Life
  • Funny
  • My Life

• I really loved living in the White House, but I don't miss it at all.

  

  Barbara Bush
  • House
  • Living
  • Loved

• The last paragraph, in which you tell what the story is about, is almost always best left out.

  

  Irwin Shaw
  • You
  • Best
  • Story

• I love Adele; she's a timeless, classic beauty. I think she's beautiful. She's just a real woman.

  

  Zendaya
  • Real
  • Love
  • She

• It's a simple fact: no individual can be good at everything. Everyone needs people around them who have complimentary sets of skills.

  

  Naveen Jain
  • People
  • Good
  • Simple

• But in the first Gulf war the United Kingdom was not under any threat from Iraq, and is still less so in the second one. Then there is no justification for obstructing freedom of information, particularly as nations have a right to know what their soldiers are being used for.

  

  Kate Adie
  • War
  • Freedom
  • Information

• My favorite sport, frankly, is college football. I'm a college football junkie, even though I'm associated with golf and like golf and have played it all my life.

  

  Dan Jenkins
  • Life
  • College
  • Football

• I could play for the worst team if they paid the most... If the last-place team offers $200 million and the first-place team offers $10, I'm going to go for the $200-million no matter what team it was.

  

  Zack Greinke
  • Team
  • Matter
  • Most

• The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not read.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Literature
  • Difference
  • Read

• Anger is a manifestation of a deeper issue... and that, for me, is based on insecurity, self-esteem and loneliness.

  

  Naomi Campbell
  • Anger
  • Loneliness
  • Insecurity

• The E.U.'s 500 million citizens enjoy the right to live and work in any of the Union's 27 member states.

  

  Najib Razak
  • Work
  • Live
  • Enjoy

• As a kid, I played my share of football in the street or in a vacant lot.

  

  Barry Sanders
  • Football
  • Share
  • Street

• I was living with my dad, and I loved it. But I could totally imagine that if I didn't move out quickly, I would end up staying there well into my 30s.

  

  Oliver Sim The xx
  • Up
  • Dad
  • End

• Every time I open a child's head and see a brain, I marvel at the mystery: This is what makes every one of us who we are. This is what hold all our memories, all our thoughts, all our dreams. This is what makes us different from each other in millions of ways.

  

  Ben Carson
  • Time
  • Different
  • Brain

• I was born in Staten Island, New York. But I call my hometown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, because that's basically where I ended up from age eight on. But right after Staten Island... I've lived everywhere from Texas, to Japan for three years, to New Jersey. I'm this traveling girl. My father was in the Army, so I guess I'm an Army brat.

  

  Christina Aguilera
  • Up
  • Age
  • Father

• And that's why, gentleman, if your little girl doesn't come up to scratch, it will be our painful duty to cut all your throats. Merely in a way of business, as you might say, and no offense, I hope.

  

  C. S. Lewis
  • Up
  • Why
  • Business

• Do you ever leave a message for somebody and the answering machine cuts you off, and you have to decide whether you should not call back, or call back and appear like a stalker? "Hi. It's me again. I forgot to tell you that I'm going to kill you. Because I'm the freak who keeps calling and calling."

  

  Jim Gaffigan
  • Funny
  • Comedy
  • Cutting

• Part of writing a novel is being willing to leap into the blackness. You have very little idea, really, of what's going to happen. You have a broad sense, maybe, but it's this rash leap. It's like spelunking. You kind of create the right path for yourself. But, boy, are there so many points at which you think, absolutely, I'm going down the wrong hole here. And I can't get back to the right hole. I'm not going to be able to get this section back to the right hole - so I'm just going to have to cut it.

  

  Chang-Rae Lee
  • Writing
  • Cutting
  • Boys

• The superior man has a dignified ease without pride. The mean man has pride without a dignified ease.

  

  Confucius
  • Mean
  • Pride
  • Ease

• In the '80s, 'Dreamgirls' was our 'Hamilton.' It was cutting-edge, and it was what made me want to do theater.

  

  Angela Robinson
  • Cutting