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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Caste may be bad. Caste may lead to conduct so gross as to be called man's inhumanity to man. All the same, it must be recognized that the Hindus observe Caste not because they are inhuman or wrong-headed. They observe Caste because they are deeply religious.
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Even if you didn't lose your job, if you're one of the two-thirds of Ontarians who don't have a pension, you lost savings. Even if you've earned most of that back now, you are a changed person. You are less secure, less confident. And I understand that.
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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 would enjoy having dinner with the poet/playwright Derek Walcott.
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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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Enjoy every sandwich.
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And as I reinvent myself and I'm constantly curious about everything, I can't wait to see what's around the corner in newfound art and entertainment and exploration.
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A lot of the stories I write about have an element of mystery. They're crime stories or conspiracy stories or quests. They do have built into them revelations and twists. But the revelations, to me, come from seeing history as it's unfolding, or life as it's unfolding.
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Life's but a means unto an end, that end, Beginning, mean, and end to all things--God.
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The thing that's changed the way I do my stand-up act is having kids and getting older and wiser and smarter. There might be a joke or two in the past that I wish I hadn't done, but in the past, you can't have it back.
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I do love live performing, but I'm not a stand-up naturally, and I don't like the lifestyle of working just in the evenings at clubs and stuff - not a natural gig-er.
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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.
