Lupita Nyong'o Quotes
My conscious life has all been in Kenya, and it's my point of reference. But going back to Mexico was very formative.
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I didn't grow up listening to The Smiths, but now I am a fan. I love his music and listened to so much of it for the film. It's not a regular biopic; they picked a part of his life that people don't really know about. You learn what informs his lyrics.
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It may be that apartheid brings such stupendous economic advantages to countries that they would sooner have apartheid than permit its destruction.
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The more I talk about things, the more I understand myself.
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Science and religion are the two most powerful forces in the world. Having them at odds... is not productive.
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I was so opposed to the war in Vietnam that I initially refused President Nixon's urgings for me to go there.
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I motivate others by making sure that they understand to go after their dreams and don't let anyone tell you you can't. If you are motivated enough and put the work in that you can achieve anything in life that you set your mind to.
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I am sure I am one of 2,000 film directors in the world that Tarantino admires.
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I've always been extremely physical. I was a gymnast for 15 years, and then I was a dancer for nine, so I was kind of looking for these parts. But we have a tendency in Denmark not to do many action films.
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There will not be a billion-shekel cut to education on my watch.
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I grew up in the indie world, and that's what I'm used to, but there's something really incredible about having money behind a film and having the time to do as many takes as you want.
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You have to respect your audience. Without them, you're essentially standing alone, singing to yourself.
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We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading.
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I hate facts. I always say the chief end of man is to form general propositions - adding that no general proposition is worth a damn.
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First and foremost when you're doing comedy, you gotta be relevant and applicable to the times that you're living in. When you try and just do comedy about who is dating who and lifestyle jokes, it gets tiring after a while. It's hard to be funny in that realm.
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When you look at the stars and the galaxy, you feel that you are not just from any particular piece of land, but from the solar system.
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If one man is representing India in cricket, then yes, blame that person when things go wrong.
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I strive to be brief, and I become obscure.
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Modern politics today requires a mastery of television. I've never really warmed up to television and, in fairness to television, it's never warmed up to me.
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We are a categorically obsessed culture, where we have to compartmentalize everything in reference to another thing, like, 'What does it sound like? Does it sound like this?'
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My love, There's only you in my life The only thing that's right. My first love, (yeah) You're every breath that I take You're every step I make.
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Success is simple. Do what's right, the right way, at the right time.
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A saint is a sinner who keeps on trying.
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After an 18-year career, I left the film industry, not wanting to become one of those child-actor cautionary tales.
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My conscious life has all been in Kenya, and it's my point of reference. But going back to Mexico was very formative.
