Leslie Odom, Jr. Quotes

You must be an artist and a citizen of the world. You must speak to this stuff that's happening. You must do what you can to shine a light on it, help people through it.

Leslie Odom, Jr.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 6, 1981

Topics

LightPeopleShineWorldSpeakHelp

I don't have a constituency, and I'm not autobiographical in any way. I write these deeply moral books in a country which would prefer irony to anything with a moral tone.

Jim Crace

CountryMoralWayWriteIronyTone

I've met many rich kids over the years. Many are very down to earth and work hard; they come from decent parenting. Others, however, are not.

Jesse Spencer

WorkParentingWork HardRichDown

To me, John Lennon and Elvis Presley were punks, because they made music that evoked those emotions in people.

Joey Ramone

MusicPeopleMeEmotionsBecause

Americans enjoy uniformity in a way that the British don't; they wanted everybody of a sort of nice chorus line height and here I was, this person who was a good three inches taller than anyone else on the end of the line.

Jeremy Irons

GoodEndEnjoyPersonNiceThree

I'm good at being on my own. As a kid, I was always in my room alone, so I have a high threshold for it. If I'm bored, I'll read. Hanging around doesn't go well with me.

John Simm

GoodAloneMeGoMy OwnHigh

You hope in this life that you grow and don't always repeat your mistakes.

Tony Dorsett

LifeHopeMistakesGrowYouAlways

Only those within whose own consciousness the sun rise and set, the leaves burgeon and wither, can be said to be aware of what living is.

Joseph Wood Krutch

SunRiseSaidLivingWithinOwn

About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal with good judgment.

Josh Billings

GoodHopeAchieveJudgmentSteal

It's a parent's dream come true to watch your sons play at the highest level of college basketball.

Dell Curry

CollegeBasketballParentDreamPlay

I'm Jewish and Italian, and I lucked out and got the nose of both cultures.

Chelsea Peretti

CulturesJewishOutNoseGotBoth

If people really, really like what we make, 10 minutes after we upload it, we start thinking about new videos.

Anthony Padilla

PeopleStartThinkingNewVideos

You must keep in mind that Pakistan has suffered the aftermaths of the Cold War, and that Cold War had left deep imprints on our society. We were the worst sufferers from the ills of the Afghan war.

Asif Ali Zardari

WarMindSocietyColdDeepYou

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