Lupita Nyong'o Quotes
I do my best work when I feel conviction to say something through the character I play. Always I want to have integrity and not compromise that.
Quotes to Explore
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The contributions of African Americans, Native Americans, and immigrants throughout our nation's history are undeniable, but the tendency to overlook their gallant efforts is pervasive and persistent.
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My memory of my home was that it was very happy, and that there was more fun and life there than there was anywhere else.
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Recruiting is the hardest part of any business, but in charity, it is 10 times harder.
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I don't want to be a bust.
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The thing about a failure is that it is possible to deny it forever.
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Some people feel that what we're doing makes no sense, that it's just a waste of money. But it's working.
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Community colleges are one of America's great social inventions a gateway to the future for first time students looking for an affordable college education, and for mid-career students looking to get ahead in the workplace.
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When I was 18, I couldn't wait to move away. I was like: 'If I ever have to come back here, I'll kill myself.' Glasgow seemed like failure and death to me back then, but not any more.
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There is no one true church.
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None of our series are ever static in terms of the dates. We always have a range of flexibility to respond to whatever may or may not happen.
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If you're a basketball player, you've got to shoot.
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Accept it or not, every star, actor, and director wants to work on larger-than-life films.
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While religious tolerance is surely better than religious war, tolerance is not without its liabilities. Our fear of provoking religious hatred has rendered us incapable of criticizing ideas that are now patently absurd and increasingly maladaptive.
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In the United Kingdom, we need to promote an inclusive British identity that involves and empowers people from all ethnic and faith backgrounds.
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Einstein was a man who could ask immensely simple questions. And what his work showed is that when the answers are simple too, then you can hear God thinking.
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My work always presents problems in our society. Those problems may be anything from injustice to freedom, and everything related to humanity.
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Everybody hates you when you're the best, and everybody hates you when you're the worst.
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I did improv for about 10 years professionally, and before that, I had done it in high school as part of an improv team. It was definitely a big part of my upbringing.
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Most performers are used to the highs and the lows. If you can let a low stop you, that would be a sad commentary.
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Leadership is one of the things I really strive to excel in in my life.
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When I ask teachers why they teach, they almost always say that it is because they want to make a difference in the lives of children.
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Brand names aren't important to me at all.
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When I write and develop things myself, I might work for a while on a script from a book, and then I go back and read the book and go back into it to see if I lost something: is there something there?
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I do my best work when I feel conviction to say something through the character I play. Always I want to have integrity and not compromise that.
