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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I never really had them. I always get the eccentric kids who dress funny and sit and write poetry for three months in their bedrooms......I was going to see tons of shows when I was a teenager, so if I was a girl, would that have made me a groupie? If I wanted to shake Thurston Moore's hand or something?
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I don't think I am evangelical in my work.
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When I go places, I'm very much spotted, but I'm definitely ready for it and the opportunities it's going to bring.
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I am an expert witness because I say I am.
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I'm kind of a creature of the alt-weekly universe - my real education into higher culture was acquired in coffee shops, reading those papers, digging into that lively mishmash of opinion for drift, a sense of what to see, what to hear, what to read, etc. - and I'd like to think that scene's still vital, although I understand there's been a fair amount of conglomerating, which would seem to undercut its radical roots, its funky local flavor. I'd encourage any writer with an eye for life and an ear for prose to give it a try. You can work out your chops just fine in newsprint.
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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.
