Lupita Nyong'o Quotes
Steve McQueen is a genius. And I think that word is overused, but I think with Steve it's rightly used. He's a genius.
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People look at stuff like 'Godzilla' and 'Avengers' and think I only do blockbusters, or however you wanna put it, but in reality, I can make double or triple what I got paid for 'Avengers' by doing other stuff - there are other options, but I don't want to work with this person or that person, and so I don't do it.
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The government forces you to give your money to things you don't believe in, to have your money go to projects that might be inherently immoral.
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He who knows, does not speak. He who speaks, does not know.
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I firmly believe, only because I've been doing this for so long, every show takes three years. 90% of them don't get three years. It just does. It takes a long time to build a community, build a friendship with your characters. It's hard for people to grasp on and make them care about you.
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Get yourself into every audition that you can. Even in those for smaller roles, you'll never know when someone may recommend you for a bigger one.
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From my very first day in the Mayor's office, I have worked closely with the Council members who share our vision of a city hall that really protects taxpayers and cares... yes... about the little things that make a big difference in people's lives.
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There is nothing like a dream to create the future.
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I discovered the slip dress, which I think is one of the more French things because when you take off your clothes, even when to go into a shop to buy something, or you're going to Riccardo Tisci to try on a suit, it's like having protection.
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I don't know what it means to be out there against the Olympics.
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I'm named after a computer and grew up really interested in them.
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The real act of marriage takes place in the heart, not in the ballroom or church or synagogue. It's a choice you make - not just on your wedding day, but over and over again - and that choice is reflected in the way you treat your husband or wife.
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I'm a professor. I know that people in research labs can do miraculous things if they're given the resources.
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I never got beaten up, because I was a wisecracking jokester. I could make a bully laugh before he delivered a punch.
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I'm one of the great unemployed looking for the next job. I'm waiting for the right offer. Like anyone, I want something that turns me on inside.
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I strongly support an 'all-of-the-above' energy policy that includes additional development of wind, clean coal, and bio-fuels.
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I paid for my name a lot when I was growing up because other kids teased me.
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If you think nobody cares if you're alive, try missing a couple of car payments.
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The people in my district don't call me 'congressman' - doesn't matter how old they are, they call me 'Jack.' They see me at the grocery store, at soccer games.
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It is a woman's business to get married as soon as possible, and a man's to keep unmarried as long as he can.
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Although I enjoyed writing Film Music it was always a means to an end, in that it enabled me to keep a wife and family and write my classical music, which has always been my passion.
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Little things about the Pilgrims surprised me. For instance, the fact that the first duel in America was fought at Plymouth by two teenaged boys over a girl. The life the Pilgrims led in Holland before coming to America also surprised me.
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To every man of us, Tobruk was a symbol of British resistance and we were now going to finish with it for good.
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Steve McQueen is a genius. And I think that word is overused, but I think with Steve it's rightly used. He's a genius.
