Lynn Nottage Quotes

There was no way I was going to write about Africa and not include the triumphant continuity of life that had also been part of my experience there. It's not just war and famine all the time.

Lynn Nottage

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LifeTimeExperienceWarAfricaWay

It's hard enough to be a lady writer. Doubly hard to be a funny lady writer.

Jill Soloway

FunnyEnoughLadyHardWriter

The apple which tempts my characters is the one that will remove the knowledge of good and evil. I suppose it's something of a reversal of the conventional Eden story: Freedom of thought is perhaps the greatest good, and needs to be fought for and sacrificed for.

John Christopher

GoodKnowledgeFreedomEvilThought

I want our millennials and our young people to do what they started out doing with meet-ups, to talk about what is going on, and spread the education.

Maxine Waters

EducationPeopleDoingYoungWant

John was great to work with, and a lot of fun. I wish I'd had the chance to make more music with him, of course, and to get to know him better.

Tony Levin

WorkMusicGreatFunChanceBetter

The iPhone will forever be associated with the inventive genius of Steve Jobs and Silicon Valley. But the roots of innovation can be traced back - from one genius to another, at least - back to the genius who put the phone in iPhone: Alexander Graham Bell.

Marvin Ammori

InnovationRootsGeniusBackPhone

When they're singing the guitar lines of songs in South America? Never heard that before. And in Canada, when they're singing all of the lyrics to every song - that blows me away. I don't know all the lyrics to every song.

Mike McCready

MeSingingSongGuitarAmericaKnow

I see how people look at me, all around the world. They see something because of the race I belong to. I have to understand that and put it into my music.

Jason Moran

MusicPeopleMeWorldLookRace

Eugene O'Neil is always exploring our want to love but can't get it out there.

Jason Robards

LoveWantExploringAlwaysOutGet

I wouldn't wanna go out not looking like the Dolly people have come to know, because I've come to know her that way, too.

Dolly Parton

PeopleLookingGoKnowWayOut

There is probably no such thing as a level playing field in political campaigns.

Deborah Tannen

PoliticalPlayingLevelFieldThing

Sometimes I see myself in the mirror, and it's 'Oh, God!' But the minute you stick out your butt a little bit and suck it in, you go from a 6 to a 10.

Cindy Margolis

GodMirrorMyselfYouGoSometimes

If we live in a world where information drives what we do, the information we get becomes the most important thing. The person who chooses that information has power.

Seth Godin

LivePowerWorldInformationPerson

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