Lupita Nyong'o Quotes
Being a part of '12 Years a Slave' has been one of the most profound experiences of my life.
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When I was 13, I had these episodes where I could just see the world without any words attached to it, without any associations. It was a little bit spooky. A lot of people might have even thought it was pathological. I thought it was interesting.
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I always loved cars. I don't know why, I can't explain it to you. It has always been with me.
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The main thing is that it's nice to see these young people - 9 to 14 years old - take the opportunity to get more involved in their health and fitness. We need more kids to be more active.
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It's quite rare that you find models taken care of backstage.
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Creating things sometimes is difficult.
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I went on to Harvard and got very interested in computers and studying the earth's landscape.
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I am very lucky I got fans, and I interact with them personally. I know that they have poured their love on me unconditionally, and all I can do is work hard and be kind to them.
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We simply attempt to be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy only when others are fearful.
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I've got a PowerPoint deck that I use for internal presentations, and there's a slide on it that asks, 'What percentage of your game is combat versus exploration versus puzzle solving versus platforming,' and I refuse to answer that question.
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The entrepreneurial bug had already bitten my son Ankur by the time he got to college. As a lifelong entrepreneur, I certainly didn't want to dampen his enthusiasm by telling him he couldn't do it, but I also wanted to make sure it was balanced with the proper attention to his studies.
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When I arrived at Barcelona, I was following a dream, but I now realize sometimes it's better to be content with what you have rather than follow a dream which nearly kills you.
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There's not some idea I'm going to create a work that's going to change everybody's consciousness.
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The great thing about a culture of givers is that's not a delusion - it's reality.
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I think my best friend is dry shampoo and dry texturizer spray.
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I placed over a thousand deaf people in jobs throughout my career working for the deaf.
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I think every major character I've played was originally for an older woman. I have no idea what that says. I guess I'm mature for my age.
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Most organisms have loads of junk DNA - less pejoratively, noncoding DNA - cluttering their cells.
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Movies can't ruin books. They can only ruin movies.
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One of the great challenges of being a modern historian is interviewing multiple people who were all there for something, some event. No one's version matches up 100% with other people's, even if it's three or four people on a conference call.
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Love is never jealous. It's a connection. It's an energy. It's an embodiment.
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During my childhood, Washington was a segregated city, and I lived in the midst of a poor black neighborhood. Life on the streets was often perilous. Indoor reading was my refuge, and twice a week, I made the hazardous bicycle trek to the central library at Seventh and K streets to stock up on supplies.
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When I was a kid, the idea of why I wanted acting to be the thing I do for the rest of my life was different. It was, Oh yeah, I'll get girls and be famous.
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What I wanted to do and what I needed to do was something entirely different, and through reading Roussel I learned that I could do what I wanted all on my own and that I didn't have to rely on what had actually happened in my somewhat limited life and reading.
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Being a part of '12 Years a Slave' has been one of the most profound experiences of my life.
