Brandon Victor Dixon Quotes

I know a lot of people say, 'You're an athlete or actor... and you shouldn't speak up.' I think that makes no sense. No matter who you are, no matter what you do in the country, you're a part of our democracy, and if you have a voice, you need to use it.

Brandon Victor Dixon

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 23, 1981

Topics

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I'm drawn to cinema, especially when you're on a project that feels like it's going to be a challenge.

Jim Sturgess

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The American diet causes disease. It is composed of 25 percent animal products and 62 percent processed foods and only 5 percent of calories from fruits and vegetables.

Joel Fuhrman

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Think of Frank Capra and Preston Sturges. They used the same actors over and over again.

Matthew Modine

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When you're looking for a sketchbook, you've got to find the right paper for the pens you like to use. I like to draw on both sides of the page.

Jeffrey Brown

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Every Southerner, I think, knows people like Bill Clinton, maybe not quite as smart and maybe not quite as liberal, but kind of a glad-handing, country-club yuppie Southerner. The problem is we don't have labels for middle-class Southerners.

John Shelton Reed

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Writing is weaponized empathy. It's putting yourself in someone else's head. It's finding what's in them that relates to you.

Tom King

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You have to respectfully listen to advice.

Miguel Cabrera

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Absence - that common cure of love.

Lord Byron

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To me, the sax is rock n' roll, even though electric guitars kind of pushed it aside for a while.

Clarence Clemons

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Grief is exhausting.

Ciaran Hinds

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When I look through my sketchbooks, they bring back moments that I would otherwise have completely forgotten.

Susan Minot

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The idea of 'interview-less hiring' is new and a trend we will see in the changing global job market.

Sebastian Thrun

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