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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I can't remember my dreams more than a couple of seconds after I wake up. It's frustrating because sometimes I dream that I'm watching a really good movie.
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Black Power If the motive is good, and there are no other possibilities, then seen most deeply it [violence] is nonviolence, because its aim is to help others.
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I am proud to state that every national Jewish organization we support enforces non-discrimination practices around sexual orientation and that more than 70 percent have written policies in place covering gender identity and expression.
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One time, when I was about eight, these guys started throwing water balloons at me. That really did ruin my summer.
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Every time I dance, it's a tremendous blessing, and I just can't forget that.
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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.
