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.

  

  Aaron Taylor-Johnson
  • People
  • Work
  • Reality

• 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.

  

  Randall Terry
  • Believe
  • Money
  • Government

• He who knows, does not speak. He who speaks, does not know.

  

  Lao Tzu
  • Know
  • Speak
  • Does

• I'm probably the most militant person you'll ever meet and I speak my mind without provocation sometimes.

  

  Octavia Spencer
  • Mind
  • Sometimes
  • Speak

• 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.

  

  Kaley Cuoco
  • People
  • Time
  • Believe

• 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.

  

  Sam Claflin
  • May
  • Know
  • Yourself

• 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.

  

  Laura Miller
  • People
  • City
  • Day

• There is nothing like a dream to create the future.

  

  Victor Hugo
  • Future
  • Dream
  • Create

• 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.

  

  Carine Roitfeld
  • Think
  • Clothes
  • Dress

• Positive social emotions like compassion and empathy are generally good for us, and we want to encourage them. But do we know how to most reliably raise children to care about the suffering of other people? I'm not sure we do.

  

  Sam Harris
  • People
  • Good
  • Children

• I don't know what it means to be out there against the Olympics.

  

  Yahoo Serious
  • Know
  • Against
  • Olympics

• I'm named after a computer and grew up really interested in them.

  

  Hal Sparks
  • Up
  • Computer
  • After

• 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.

  

  Barbara De Angelis
  • Real
  • Heart
  • Day

• I'm a professor. I know that people in research labs can do miraculous things if they're given the resources.

  

  Randy Pausch
  • People
  • Know
  • Research

• I never got beaten up, because I was a wisecracking jokester. I could make a bully laugh before he delivered a punch.

  

  Garry Marshall
  • Up
  • Never
  • Laugh

• 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.

  

  Francesca Annis
  • Great
  • Job
  • Waiting

• I strongly support an 'all-of-the-above' energy policy that includes additional development of wind, clean coal, and bio-fuels.

  

  Sam Brownback
  • Energy
  • Support
  • Wind

• I paid for my name a lot when I was growing up because other kids teased me.

  

  Karin Slaughter
  • Up
  • Kids
  • Growing

• Every crazy fad from the 1800s comes back or they never go away. It's like fashion, like everything's already been invented, and somebody stumbles onto it and people will always, always be looking for an answer for some vague illness they can't get a diagnosis for.

  

  Mary Roach
  • People
  • Fashion
  • Crazy

• The Creator gave us the complete, unchallengable right of prerogative over the one thing, and only thing we own, our mind.

  

  Napoleon Hill
  • Mind
  • Thing
  • Creator

• I feel very honoured and humbled to have people think, 'If Yuna can break through, then why can't we?' It takes a lot of work, but I tell people to just have that focus. Always be humble and a learner, practice and do research.

  

  Yuna
  • People
  • Work
  • Why

• I can't function if I don't have tea. I don't know whether it's psychological or a real necessity, but I just need it.

  

  Deirdre O'Kane
  • Real
  • Tea

• 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.

  

  Lupita Nyong'o