Audra McDonald Quotes
I am always so excited to get to know a new audience. My concerts are very personal experiences.
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When foreign assistance has a clear mission, buy-in from the aid-recipient country, and explicit metrics for implementation, the United States will be able to transition aid-recipient nations into strong trading partners. One of the greatest examples of this successful transition is South Korea.
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I don't want to get too philosophical, but in a sense, you're given this gift, this sort of creative force in you, and I think everyone has it, and it's completely unique to you. And you as a person have a little bit of a responsibility as its shepherd if you choose to incorporate that into your life.
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If you want your children to bring original ideas into the world, you need to let them pursue their passions, not yours.
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The better the information it has, the better democracy works. Silence and secrecy are never good for it.
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The sky in Texas is the most amazing sky in the whole country, I think, like you can see more sky in Texas than you can see anywhere else in the world.
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There is no other prize in any country that carries the prestige that a Nobel bestows.
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The reason for the sadness of this modern age and the men who live in it is that it looks for the truth in everything and finds it.
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I have what is probably the largest big bike collection in the city: a Fat Boy, a sportser Harley Davidson and two Yamahas. All these are 1200cc-plus bikes. Riding these bikes is something I still do and some trekking as well.
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It is difficult. You've got a lot of things outside the field. But you need to learn and understand things you can do.
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I would like to do a period piece. I think that would be fun.
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The musical has always been in jeopardy - until - or was in jeopardy until it was realised that it is probably the safest living theatre art form.
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The two most important things that can be done to promote democracy in the world is first, to bring moral clarity back to world affairs and second, to link international policies to the advance of democracy around the globe.
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The bed is a bundle of paradoxes: we go to it with reluctance, yet we quit it with regret; we make up our minds every night to leave it early, but we make up our bodies every morning to keep it late.
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If it were not for government regulation of big corporations, executives at companies like Enron, WorldCom, Tyco, they could have cheated investors out of millions.
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These days, meals are more open to personal preferences. People like to serve themselves.
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Love of country is like love of woman - he loves her best who seeks to bestow on her the highest good.
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It never gets old. Working with somebody like Kevin Hart is rejuvenating in a lot of ways. He's such a pro. He's so good.
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I like to think I'm fairly grounded, and I have friends who will very happily tell me if I'm ever being big-headed. I know things will change. But I'm hoping it's nothing too drastic.
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I don't take fancy vacations. I buy all my jewelry at Claire's. I can't remember the last time I went out to a fancy dinner. My family lives in a modest two-bedroom apartment, and my kids share a bedroom. But I do have one extravagant vice: shoes.
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Change is inevitable, change will always happen, but you have to apply direction to change, and that's when it's progress.
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The length of your education is less important than its breadth, and the length of your life is less important than its depth.
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I love touring - I don't do it as often as I should.
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If I get lucky and I can choose, I would always choose a really good story and screenplay, even if I don't know the director. If there's a good screenplay, there's a chance that something good is going to happen.
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I am always so excited to get to know a new audience. My concerts are very personal experiences.
