Chinua Achebe Quotes
When a tradition gathers enough strength to go on for centuries, you don't just turn it off one day.
Chinua Achebe
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I grew up in an area that was the typical city that was a racially divided and economically segregated place. And it had a big influence on me.
Ed Kowalczyk
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My days, my years, my life has seen up and downs, lights and darknesses. If I wrote only and continually of the 'light' and never mentioned the other, then as an artist, I would be a liar.
Charles Bukowski
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To sing opera, one needs two things: the voice and the passion - and above all, the passion.
Andrea Bocelli
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Everybody is entitled to solid living wages, which we don't hear from Hillary Clinton. She's quick to talk about parity, but parity at poverty, and that's not adequate.
Jill Stein
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I did a history degree once.
Joe Thomas
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I'd feel weird on a show where it was a bunch of dudes that are my type. I like sticking out a little.
Matt McGorry
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I have a great family, I live an amazing life.
John Oates
Daryl Hall & John Oates
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Every orchid or rose or lizard or snake is the work of a dedicated and skilled breeder. There are thousands of people, amateurs and professionals, who devote their lives to this business. Now imagine what will happen when the tools of genetic engineering become accessible to these people.
Freeman Dyson
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I feel like I've been very blessed in the sense that I've had the veracity of spirit to not be stopped and, at the same time, the protective energy and the generosity of those who have come before me, who saw something inside of me and, therefore, invited me into rooms that I would not have been inside of otherwise.
George C. Wolfe
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How long do Syrian families have to live in fear that their children will be killed or tortured, before the Security Council will act? How many people need to die before the consciences of world capitals are stirred?
William Hague
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People are conditioned to just you know, like, you know we're like little birdies going to the bird feeder you know, or the little cows going to the salt lick. We just like what we've seen before.
Ethan Hawke
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When a tradition gathers enough strength to go on for centuries, you don't just turn it off one day.
Chinua Achebe
