Lupita Nyong'o Quotes
I feel privileged that people are looking up to me, and perhaps a dream will be born because of my presence.
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I read part of it all the way through.
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I belong to a specific category of writers, those who speak and write in a language different from that of their parents.
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I now believe that major labels can only work with people who care more about fame and money than the quality of the art they produce.
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Oracle is obsessed with security. It's an absolute requirement for all our products. The real security issue is when customers take older products that were not built for the Internet, and kind of rack them and put them on the Internet.
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Dear God! how beauty varies in nature and art. In a woman the flesh must be like marble; in a statue the marble must be like flesh.
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There is a humanitarian impulse that one aspires to and there are days when one doesn't do it very well.
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A good actor always sets you straight. If you've written a false moment and thought it was probably pretty great, the actor's gonna show you when he gets to that moment. They're the great test of the validity of the material.
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A person who has been punished is not less inclined to behave in a given way; at best, he learns how to avoid punishment.
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I had Hallowe'en parties every year, as it was my birthday five days before. My parents would actually put prosthetic noses on, and my dad would wear a top-hat and tails, put on a fake curly moustache, and hold a pipe.
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No one wants to see a person on TV who's super-ultra-cool. That's Superman, that's a thing of the past. Heroes are now flawed, and have terrible tempers, you know? They're real people.
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I go back and forth between indie and studio because I feel like it, not because I feel obligated to do one or the other.
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When I was a kid just starting out on the radio, I would always watch people. And I'd see the interest they'd have in trying to get a photo with an artist or get a ticket stub signed. I guess, to me, that's the ultimate thing – to know that what you've done is important enough to other people that they want to take a picture with you.
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Every single administration in American political history has put cronies and pals and donors into political positions. But normally those people become the ambassador to Liechtenstein or the deputy undersecretary of commerce.
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Happiness is nothing but temporary moments here and there - and I love those. But I would be bored out of my mind if I were happy all the time.
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As a race, the Negroes are not lazy.
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It's always an honour doing anything for your country.
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I wrote my first piano piece when I was in 4th grade.
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Genius is a promontory jutting out into the infinite.
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There isn't an aspect of book creation I don't enjoy, and there has always been a book in my life to dream about or work on.
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I really do feel like I'm in better shape and look better now - even after having three kids - than I did before.
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Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.
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I always stand up for what I believe and what I want to.
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I have to say that it was a thrilling ride to be on 'Terriers.' It was this odd circumstance where it was really loved by the people it was loved by, but it didn't do well. In fairness to FX, they were just so generous in keeping it on the air the whole year.
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I feel privileged that people are looking up to me, and perhaps a dream will be born because of my presence.
