Lupita Nyong'o Quotes

I give myself homework when I have an audition. I give myself goals, and that's how I check how I'm doing. It can be something simple like 'listen,' or 'find your feet.' And then afterward it's an assessment, so in a way it's not about booking the job or not. It's about what I learned as an actor about that character.

Lupita Nyong'o

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actress
  • Nationality: mexican
  • Birth: March 1, 1983

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Let my life as Poet begin. I want the life of the Poet. I have labored for over twelve years, one thousand pages of prose. Now, I want the easiness of poetry. The brevity of the poem.

Maxine Hong Kingston

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Some people are really good at their jobs, some people are really bad.

Anna Chlumsky

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Control is what gives you privacy.

Michael Douglas

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I like the performing part, it gives me a huge rush but it still makes me nervous. Being in front of large crowds is intimidating to me and I feel myself withdrawing.

Torrie Wilson

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God, newspapers have been making up stories forever. This kind of trifling and fooling around is not a function of the New Journalism.

Tom Wolfe

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Politicians love to beat up on guys that are seen to be public enemies, if you will. That's a great way to get elected.

Martin Shkreli

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It was a no-brainer that the cellular route would be a great success in Africa.

Mo Ibrahim

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No, people back home don't realize why there is this kind of need for heroes in America at the moment. People in Britain don't really understand what's going on here. They don't understand why Camp X-ray exists.

Jon Ronson

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I have spent many years working in education and media, from hosting documentaries to being a spokesperson for Discovery Education to revolutionizing youth environmental service through my non-profit, EarthEcho International.

Philippe Cousteau, Jr.

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I am not driven by any bitterness by what happened in Athens. I learnt a lot of lessons from it and probably came through it a stronger person in the end. There have been a lot of near misses, and that's taught me to keep persevering and that there is a chance it can come right.

Paula Radcliffe

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The youth are very important to me, they're the next generation, but I want to instill in kids, even in playing, that it's never too late and there's no right or wrong way to do anything.

Sheila E.

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I can't pretend to be enjoying this. I can't pretend I'm enjoying going out there and playing this style.

Tiffeny Milbrett

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