Audra McDonald Quotes
'Go Back Home' encompasses not only actual geographic location but also, for me, back home in the worlds of music and theatre, and back home in terms of making albums again. There are lots of meanings to that.
Quotes to Explore
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There is nothing out there that I have a grudge against or I have a problem with.
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I love the game and I am so lucky to be able to do what I love.
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Maybe one day music will just be music, and there won't be these categories; it'll just be different shades of music.
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Think and grow rich.
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The winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her dream, not society's dream, her own personal dream.
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We need leaders who will stand unapologetically in defense of marriage.
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In a few decades, the relationship between the environment, resources and conflict may seem almost as obvious as the connection we see today between human rights, democracy and peace.
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Cartooning was a good fit for me. And yet now, years later, I almost never think about it.
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My father was born in Newark, New Jersey, and my mother was born in Philadelphia. They both went to Stanford for grad school and met there.
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In midlife, we're as dumb as we get.
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This is my first wuxia movie and I must consider this before trying to make something with my own.
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There is a restaurant in L.A. called Crustacean, which is very famous for its garlic crab. Well, I can make garlic crab better than Crustacean. My sauce is so good you'll want to dip your bread in it, put it on your egg omelet, in your cereal, and in everything else.
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Not knowing the thing that's chasing you is a lot scarier than seeing it right in front of you.
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The fact that we're living in a country where 90 percent of the people want further gun laws - to maybe somehow put a dent in some of this insanity that's happening - and yet there's no further legislation taking place, it's very frustrating and upsetting.
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I think American audiences like gangster movies. You know, it's part of the culture.
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I'd love to work with Kanye West. He's gone through a lot of stuff in the public eye, but his music is genius. He always takes risks.
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As an actor, I have casting issues. I'm a minority. I don't have trouble making a living, but as far as being on the food chain of the pecking order of actors, I'm not at the top of it. With the jobs that I do, there are always control issues with directors and producers.
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My motivation and aspiration is the same, being number one or being number five. So that's the truth. And my goal is the same - it's to always be happy playing, it's to enjoy the game and improve always.
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People need to see where their dollars are going and what infrastructure is being built.
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The greatest weakness in the church today is that the servants of God keep looking over their shoulder for the approval of men.
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The key to being a wonderful writer is not to write. You just get out of the way. Leave room for God to walk in the room. And when I write something that I know is right, I get on my knees and say 'thank you.'
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My theme song is 'One Tin Soldier' by Coven.
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I just like music that sounds like music. Not like machines and computers and things that you design to make things sound slick and perfect.
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'Go Back Home' encompasses not only actual geographic location but also, for me, back home in the worlds of music and theatre, and back home in terms of making albums again. There are lots of meanings to that.
