Christopher Priest Quotes
If we can provide even a fictional roadmap to what a successful, prosperous African nation might look like, then let's do that.
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If you're in a dark place, you're there for a reason. And the only way to get through to those kids or to other people going through the same thing is really to meet them in that dark place and then slowly bring them to the light.
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Inspired by Alex Haley's 'Roots,' at the age of 11 I began a handwritten Middle Passage story called 'Lawdy, Lawdy, Make Us Free.' I was raised by civil rights activists with a very strong sense of racial history and consciousness.
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People know things and have a remarkable capacity to act in their individual immediate interests all the time.
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I write because I like to make things and the only things I am good at making things with are words.
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My favorite books are psychology, self-help, and I'm fascinated by Jung, by dream work.
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Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species.
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Every government is run by liars and nothing they say should be believed.
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However, I should perhaps add that during the 20 years I have been back in Cambridge, I have been actively involved in the teaching of undergraduates, as well as of course supervising research students.
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They probably do have an Asian Barbie.
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Investments are a real partnership, with an expected return; donations are a gesture made as a result of ethical, religious, or political passions.
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I had planned to spend my 40s continuing my public service and starting a family. I thought that by fighting for the people I cared about and loving those close to me, I could leave the world a better place.
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A true champion will fight through anything.
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This ain't a football game, we do this every day.
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We have a rich and vibrant partner ecosystem with several thousand formal business partners. Some of them are very large companies that we collaborate with in many ways.
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I like boring golf. That's kind of what butters my bread.
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What I have to say is far more important than how long my eyelashes are.
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Each child is biologically required to have a mother. Fatherhood is a well-regarded theory, but motherhood is a fact.
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Throughout my 20s I spent a lot of time just playing and not really working, but fortunately for me I continued to get just enough work, and have a reason to wake up in the morning. I really empathize with some of my peers who had success in the early years then it dries up, and so there's no reason to get up in the morning.
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Society puts so much emphasis on outer appearance, but being confident in yourself and not letting others' opinions affect you is pretty amazing.
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My father was very clear; I had to have an ordinary upbringing. I was put to work as a lowly-paid trainee after college. I didn't like it at the time, but I can't help but feel that that was probably the best thing for me.
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No man could be equipped for the presidency if he has never been tempted by one of the seven cardinal sins.
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One has a more practical survival level, that's the mind function. The heart function obviously has an internal level that has to do with the quality of developing perceptions, feelings, the self. And the spirit level has to do with the pondering part of our lives.
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If we can provide even a fictional roadmap to what a successful, prosperous African nation might look like, then let's do that.
