Noma Dumezweni Quotes

I tried twice to get into drama school and didn't, so I worked my way up through the fringe.

Noma Dumezweni

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SchoolDramaWayThroughUpTwice

Under our Constitution, military leaders have no choice but to endorse the president's decision after giving him their best advice.

Robert Kagan

DecisionBestConstitutionAdvice

When you're running a company, creating jobs is the last thing you want to. When you're running a company you want to employ as few people as possible, and yet you inadvertently create jobs.

Robert Metcalfe

PeopleYouCreateCreatingPossible

That's the way I will write characters, put a fair amount of myself in them, and then everyone else who was like that person, I will pick and choose.

Jeffrey Eugenides

MyselfChoosePersonWillWayWrite

Mr. Truman studiously avoided giving power to his White House staff that has been characteristic of recent administrations. Staff people in the White House, with no responsibility but incredible authority is one of the reasons we're now in so much trouble.

Stuart Symington

PowerResponsibilityPeopleGiving

I have this belief that we are so vulnerable when we open ourselves up to literature. We're reminded of these real parts of ourselves.

Tracy K. Smith

LiteratureBeliefRealOpenUp

Hollywood's a mecca, but it's not the final answer. You pick up a camera anyplace in the world, you can make a movie.

Robert Duvall

WorldCameraYouHollywoodUpFinal

If one black man aided by a bevy of good, decent, dedicated, and open liberal-minded whites and Jews can succeed in prevailing over a group of white racists by making them look like the ignorant fools that they are truly are, imagine what a nation of like-minded individuals can accomplish.

Ron Stallworth

GoodManSucceedBlackLookFools

People come with the record done but just need a little more sauce on top. That's what I'm good at.

Mike Dean

GoodPeopleDoneMoreTopNeed

Learned to read, and for a while as a kid, you think books are just leaves on trees. Then suddenly, you think a human being is making that, and maybe you could do that.

Anthony Doerr

TreesThinkYouHumanKidJust

I'm a woman of faith. And I really believe that if I say, 'God, this is what I want,' He says, 'I'll give you your desires, as long as they line up with My will.'

Ashley Graham

GodFaithWomanBelieveLongYou

Because I came from the working class, I still identify with them. I don't identify with the middle class.

Allison Anders

ClassBecauseWorkingMiddleStill

Everything I discovered was new and most of it was really valuable.

Alice Hamilton

NewEverythingValuableMostReally

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