Adepero Oduye Quotes

That's what you want art to do, to open people up and start conversations.

Adepero Oduye

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ArtPeopleStartYouWantOpen

An oversupply of national sentiment is not the problem in Somalia. The problem is a lack of it. The problem is an oversupply of sub-sub-clannish attitude.

Meles Zenawi

AttitudeProblemNationalSomalia

I want to do something original rather than interpret someone else's performance, which is always the risk - even if it's only in a subconscious way. I want to concentrate on giving my own fresh interpretation.

Aneurin Barnard

PerformanceGivingSomeoneWantWay

Science is beautiful when it makes simple explanations of phenomena or connections between different observations. Examples include the double helix in biology and the fundamental equations of physics.

Stephen Hawking

ScienceBeautifulSimpleConnections

Some people say, I'd give anything to be 30 again. Well, I really wouldn't. I didn't enjoy being 30.

Tori Amos

PeopleEnjoySaySome PeopleWell

I will always make films that champion outsiders, because I still feel like one, even though I'm now governor of the documentary branch of the Academy.

Roger Ross Williams

ChampionFeelNowWillAlwaysStill

I'm just becoming more and more aware of this truly profound responsibility that we carry as individuals. And it's a responsibility not only to ourselves and to our families, but to the billions of people who still have to come in the future who will be dealing with our legacy.

Chris Jordan

FutureResponsibilityPeopleLegacy

Whenever you write a true story, it's not going to go over 100 percent well with everybody.

Christopher Markus

StoryYouGoTrueWriteOver

I never gave up on music, and I feel like music never gave up on me.

Bobby Womack

MusicMeFeelNeverUpI Feel Like

Blues is the bedrock of everything I do. All the characters in my plays, their ideas and attitudes, the stance they adopt in the world, are all ideas and attitudes that are expressed in the blues.

August Wilson

IdeasWorldBluesEverythingStance

Fear and pain and suffering is not OK for any being to feel intentionally at the hands of us.

Leona Lewis

FearPainSufferingFeelHandsUs

Lots of women love to accuse men of being immature when the fellow in question displays a reluctance to 'commit.'

Julie Burchill

LoveWomenMenQuestionImmature

There's something magical about theater. You can live the character every single day to the point where you become that person.

Grace Gummer

LiveCharacterDayYouPersonPoint

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