Act Quote by O. T. Fagbenle Download Open image “Words can be an act of reductionism.” — O. T. Fagbenle ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.1 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Act Language Words
Reductionism is a dirty word, and a kind of 'holistier than thou' self-righteousness has become fashionable. — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
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As an actor, you can't play a flashback; you can't play someone's memory. You just have to play each circumstance as if it was… — O. T. Fagbenle Copy Share Image
My family are quite academic, and I was set to study economics and politics at university. — O. T. Fagbenle Copy Share Image
The older I get, the more I dance like my dad, and I'm finding that suddenly cardigans are becoming more attractive to me. — O. T. Fagbenle Copy Share Image
There are certain directors who just don't cast diversely in prominent roles. Ever. Often it's just because they don't have a diverse social circle,… — O. T. Fagbenle Copy Share Image
I loved doing my own stunts, and so, as much as the insurance people would allow me, I would get involved. — O. T. Fagbenle Copy Share Image
I think when YouTube first came out, everyone was thinking people were just going to watch five-minute shows from now on and that people… — O. T. Fagbenle Copy Share Image
We have flaws, things go wrong, people's hearts get broken, people make mistakes, people fall in love with other people. And that's hard, but… — O. T. Fagbenle Copy Share Image
It's hard for men sometimes to talk about feminism, just as it's hard for people who aren't from ethnic minorities to talk about racial… — O. T. Fagbenle Copy Share Image
When representation of the LBGT community was much more scarce in the media, I think there was some kind of pressure to encapsulate an… — O. T. Fagbenle Copy Share Image
I've always had an explorative drive to my art, as opposed to wanting to achieve some certain goal. — O. T. Fagbenle Copy Share Image
I think, unfortunately, we've always lived in a world of massive inequality: inequality between the haves and the have-nots, inequality between men and women… — O. T. Fagbenle Copy Share Image
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