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Lynn Nottage Quotes

It's very easy, when we're reading those articles on the 20th page of 'The New York Times,' to distance ourselves and say, 'It's someone else.'

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: playwright
Nationality: american
Birth: 1964

Topics

New York Reading Someone Easy New

You know, it comes from my mother's side of the family. She had seven sisters and one brother, and all of them could play instruments. I suppose I picked it up from that.

Family Mother Brother You Play Know

My first interviews, I didn't know what to say. I was really, really shy. It's overwhelming sometimes.

Know Sometimes Say Shy First Really

Suddenly in high school, I'm in a predominantly Jewish atmosphere. Jewish people were my gate to white America.

Anna Deavere Smith

School People High School America

I thought I was going to be a bum the rest of my life.

Jean-Michel Basquiat

Life Rest Thought My Life Going Bum

This is Leicester: it is not like Manchester City or Manchester United. They have an obligation to win things. We don't have an obligation; it is just a dream.

City Win Dream Obligation Things

After 'UNCLE,' I never accepted the first offer: if I wanted more money, I asked for it. A better dressing room? Four first-class tickets instead of two? I'd ask for them, and I'd often get them.

Money Better Uncle More Never First

I had a head start in acting. Because of my parents, I had a SAG card, an agent and a recognizable name. But I knew if I screwed up, people would never forget. I'd be dead.

Parents People Start Name Acting

Instagram is not a place for tone or irony.

Place Irony Tone Instagram

I firmly believe the way forward for our nation is to have a robust democracy.

Democracy Believe Forward Way Nation

Republicans get a lot of money from big business, but they are not tied to the union dollar. As a result they have been aggressive advocates of school reform, charter schools and vouchers for private schools.

Business Money School Result Dollar

During the wintertime in cold cities, you sometimes need a party to break through the melancholy.

Cold You Party Sometimes Need Break

Arrogance sort of destroys that nervousness because you're having a bunch of people flatter you and tell you you're awesome, and it keeps you from striving as hard for the kind of validation you seek from a good show.

Good People Arrogance You Striving

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