Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Quotes

Something that happens to me is that I'll write a play specifically from my own experience, and then I'll inevitably be told that I'm being tunnel-visioned about it. People always ask, 'What about that other race? Or discrimination toward those people?'

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

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ExperiencePeopleMePlayMy Own

Back in George W. Bush's second term, when diplomatic realism began to overtake foolish bellicosity, the president developed one of his patented nicknames for the two most powerful neoconservative journalists, William Kristol and Charles Krauthammer: he called them 'the Bomber Boys.'

Joe Klein

PowerfulBackPresidentTwoFoolish

Until 1954, I'd only ever thought of being a painter, but I earned my money when and where I could. You could say I drifted into writing.

John Berger

MoneyWritingThoughtYouSayWhere

I think people ought to do what they feel useful at the time. If I do things because I ought to do them, I switch off.

Matthew Macfadyen

TimePeopleThinkFeelThingsOff

You get way better from playing to the passing public. You learn how to entertain. But it took me a good three years out on the promenade to figure that out. You also learn what makes them stop dead in their tracks and what doesn't.

Andy Grammer

GoodMeBetterLearnYouStop

InMobi is not just an India-focused company, but it is a global player.

Masayoshi Son

CompanyGlobalJustPlayer

We choose our sex, our color, our country, and then we look around for the particular set of parents who will mirror the pattern we are bringing in to work on in this lifetime.

Louise L. Hay

WorkMirrorParentsColorChoose

I think everybody needs to find out who they are and who their, like, inner superhero is, or who you like to be. The world would be a better place if everyone was doing what the hell they wanted to do and being who they wanted to be.

LP

WorldThinkHellBetterDoingYou

I'm obsessed with pilgrimages. I love following old routes, imagining the consciousness of those who walked them.

Johnny Flynn

LoveOldConsciousnessWhoThose

Casting is everything. I put a huge amount of work into casting, and consistently across my career, I am most proud of my bold choices I made in casting.

Doug Liman

WorkI AmChoicesProudCareerBold

I think that live shows are more important for singers than composers, because composers still get a lot of recognition as compared to a singer.

Armaan Malik

LiveThinkRecognitionImportantGet

I think it's somebody else's job to decide what my image is.

Annabella Sciorra

JobThinkImageDecideSomebody

Songs come from all over the place. You can't predict what you're going to like. You might like something that doesn't fit right now. What was working for you at one point, something you've loved for years and years, when you get together with everybody, you think, this doesn't match up with what's going on with you personally.

Alison Krauss

TogetherThinkLovedGet Together

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