Abi Morgan Quotes
I wrote a play for Miu Miu called 'The Moment Is the Present, That's Why It's Called a Gift.' Instead of doing a catwalk show, all the actors wore the clothes and performed a 20-minute play.
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If you're an English actor and turn up in America, they don't have an opinion about where you sit. They have no idea what auditions to send you to, so they send you to everything.
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I'd thought sexuality was instinctive or natural, but it's profoundly linked to inner security and cultural context.
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I'm a little angry in life.
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If I'm offered a good case in Florida or a good case somewhere else, South Florida will win every time.
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I like the dark undertow of grime, and it gets me aggressive. You need that aggression.
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Many of us will be obsessed with one or another kind of secret or revelation, be it gossip about friends or ourselves, a fantasy about spies, or a worry about the most personal information now stored in data banks. But few of us think about secrets in general, or about the moral rights and wrongs of hiding or exposing them.
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Learning to read the Bible in the light of the times in which it was written is critical.
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My brother and I had many games. We were inseparable. We had a little team going on between us. We had even a language that was kind of like pig latin. So we'd speak in the language. It's called Op.
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Sometimes, it's just unfortunate you get injured in the game. But you can definitely take strides to prevent those things.
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We read Robert Browning's poetry. Here we needed no guidance from the professor: the poems themselves were enough.
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In '94, we made the deal during collective bargaining that wasn't the right deal, just to save the season. Allowing the 'in the crease' rule, the foot-in-the-crease rule, we should have not done.
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I was a dancer of no repute. But dance taught me a lot. You walk into a dance studio knowing you have to walk out with a dance. You improvise.
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I'm very happy with the choices I've been making and the people I've been working with. I hope I can continue along this path.
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I always thought golf was a game reserved for the rich and the elite... But it's a misconception. It's a highly technical game, and it's a game that you can play and master alone. You require sharp skills for it, and you can play the game alone.
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Healthy discontent is the prelude to progress.
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I wanted to be a professional baseball player.
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As a child, my mother told me lots of fairy stories, many her own invention. She, too, tended to reverse the norm.
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My taste in music and entertainment is quite eclectic.
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I'm part of a party that I think values making sure that everyone in this country has an opportunity to succeed. That's why I'm a Democrat.
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The Master of Jordan College is a foolish old man. Why he gave it to her I can't imagine; you need several years of intensive study to make any sense of it at all.
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Liberation is not deliverance.
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Selling to small businesses and selling to enterprises take two very different approaches with two very different kinds of people.
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I wrote a play for Miu Miu called 'The Moment Is the Present, That's Why It's Called a Gift.' Instead of doing a catwalk show, all the actors wore the clothes and performed a 20-minute play.
