Cynthia Erivo Quotes
The major perk of living in Brooklyn is that everything is there. If I did not want to leave Brooklyn, I could stay there the whole time.
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I have to be on such a strict diet constantly.
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Years ago, when I was writing westerns, other writers who were friends of mine wanted me to collaborate with them. And it just didn't work.
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Whatever the situation at hand, that's what I'm dealing with and trying to be true to it in that moment.
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And eventually as I kept writing it, something emerged that was not quite me but a version of me.
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Friendship, like the immortality of the soul, is too good to be believed.
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If it's nice out, I swim pretty much every day for about half an hour. I have a great pool; it's very private and not too many people use it.
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It's an individual sport; you want to do well for yourself.
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Even today, I frequently meet scientists who, outside their own narrow discipline, are superstitious.
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The black community in Hollywood is very small and close-knit. Everyone has a common goal: to make a two-hour movie in 30 days.
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I remember one game when I pitched in Yankee Stadium and gave up five runs in the first inning. It would have been easy to quit, but I shut 'em out the rest of the way, and we came back and won the game.
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I want to be like Robin Williams, really. It's all the different characters he does, all the different voices.
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I understand that anything actors are doing, good or bad, is motivated by fear.
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The kind of thing I'm good at is knowing every politician in the state and remembering where he itches. And I know where to scratch him.
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I read all the time that people think I'm arrogant. They say I am cocky, a bad character. I had that from a young age. But when they meet me, they say, 'That image doesn't fit you.'
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Wherever the relevance of speech is at stake, matters become political by definition, for speech is what makes man a political being.
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As a species, we can at times be dimwitted and cruel. But we're also capable of learning.
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I know how demanding the process of creation is.
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I remember doing a comedy show with Jim Carrey once, and he was out there with his foot behind his neck and rubbing his face with it.
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The federal government should not be an accessory to the unconstitutional actions of the Arizona state government. By continuing to work with Arizona police departments operating under SB 1070, the Department is implicitly condoning the shameful tactics authorized by the new law.
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I walk my dog at dawn because I don't like people to be around.
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One can make a case that says that since 85% of children being brought up in single family homes are being brought up by women that about 85% of elementary school teachers should be males to balance out the feminization that the boys and girls receive.
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I didn't even know that small bands played in Las Vegas. I just thought it was, like, Celine Dion and stuff.
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Before you can steal fire from the Gods you gotta be able to get coffee for the director
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The major perk of living in Brooklyn is that everything is there. If I did not want to leave Brooklyn, I could stay there the whole time.
