Lin-Manuel Miranda Quotes

The reason 'Hamilton' works is because there is no distance between that story that happened 200-some-odd years ago and now, because it looks like America now. It helps create a connection that wouldn't have been there if it was 20 white guys on stage.

Lin-Manuel Miranda

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 16, 1980

Topics

StoryAmericaConnectionCreateNow

There's times, in certain songs, that I might be in my own world, and who cares about who's out there, you know? You have a job to do, so you do that job of singing that song or telling that story because that's what you're doing.

Jimmy Scott

JobSingingWorldSongStoryDoing

When I began to interview people from the '60s, my first question was always, 'What was your favorite record?'

Robert Hilburn

PeopleQuestionFirstAlwaysYour

We don't want to fight NASCAR.

Robby Gordon

FightWantNASCAR

Hype is scary.

Mika

ScaryHype

I was often looked at as a leper by kids at school because I was a Jehovah's Witness. They didn't like it - you were 'weird'. And on Saturday mornings, you'd be knocking at their doors. I remember standing there with my mum and dad, thinking, 'Oh my God, I know whose door this is, and I'll have to see them on Monday.' It was terrible.

Luke Evans

GodSchoolMondayDoorThinkingYou

I couldn't write a female who fell to pieces every time something didn't go right in her life. She would just annoy me too much.

Lori Foster

LifeTimeMeToo MuchGoShe

I don't label myself a feminist. I love men, but I am all about promoting a better, healthier relationship between the sexes.

Liz Goldwyn

LoveRelationshipMyselfMenI Am

My dream collaboration would probably be Sam Smith.

Daya

CollaborationDreamWouldSamSmith

It does not require many words to speak the truth.

Chief Joseph

TruthWordsSpeakManyDoesRequire

What Peter Jackson proved with 'Lord Of The Rings' movies is that you could make various changes, and you could pull things around, but as long as it was in the spirit of the storytelling, and because he made The Shire so real, the fans forgave him for the changes.

Cheo Hodari Coker

LongYouMoviesChangesStorytelling

Sundays tend to be a day where just I do nothing but visit people. It's kind of like trick-or-treating.

Chuck Palahniuk

DayPeopleKindNothingWhereJust

The recent history of Ukraine is replete with dead journalists, beaten journalists, news agencies being shut down, and politicians being injured or killed. Most are killed in mysterious auto accidents.

Bob Schaffer

HistoryDownNewsMysteriousDead

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