Chinua Achebe Quotes
Americans, it seems to me, tend to protect their children from the harshness of life, in their interest.
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If I had a big brother who was a year older than me or something, I probably wouldn't have ended up being a filmmaker.
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Lobbying is a legitimate profession... Many congressional spouses act as lobbyists.
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After the success of my first album and the success of 'Flow Joe' kind of faded, I was struggling to make some money and make ends meet.
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Most actors, if you ask them if they play guitar, they'll say they played guitar for 20 years, but what they really mean is they've owned a guitar for 20 years.
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This invisibility, however, means that the opportunities for creative research are infinite.
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Time has lost all meaning in that nightmare alley of the Western world known as the American mind.
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My grandfather arrived in Houston in 1942 as a refugee from Nazi Germany. He had lost everything - his profession, his language, his money - but the city welcomed him, as it has hundreds of thousands of immigrants over the years.
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My father had a flourishing business as a publisher in North India.
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Only when your consciousness is totally focused on the moment you are in can you receive whatever gift, lesson, or delight that moment has to offer.
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I like to discover new things.
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A mom can't afford to be sick.
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I grew up in a Hindu household but went to a Roman Catholic school. I grew up with a mother who said, 'I'll arrange a marriage for you at 18,' but she also said that we could achieve anything we put our minds to an encourage us to dream of becoming prime minister or president.
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I always wanted pink hair.
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One of the exciting things about reporting is going to places you've never been to before.
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On one hand, it seems strange that a country that has suffered so much from violence and war would be debating if they want peace or not. But in Colombia, a part of society is deeply connected with the war as a means of making a living.
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I've been designing since I was 8. I started sketching dresses I could wear when skating. I was always involved in all aspects of skating, not just the technique, the choreography, the music, but the visual aspects, too - what I should wear.
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Everyone needs help when they try something new.
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The Rio Earth Summit in 1992 changed my life completely, turning me into an activist. From the air, you see things you can't see from the ground - you really understand the impact of man, even in a place you know well. My work is meant to convince people we can no longer live like this.
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I could never have imagined that firing 67 people on national television would actually make me more popular, especially with the younger generation.
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Many of the birds Audubon painted are now extinct, and still we go on killing them, more or less casually, with our pesticides and wires and machinery.
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In real life, I'm very different from Sarah Dunn. She's from the North. I grew up in the South. I wear big hoop earrings. I love me some makeup, and that's not her at all.
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Hollywood is driven by beautiful faces. Always has been.
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Don't tell your problems to people: eighty percent don't care; and the other twenty percent are glad you have them.
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Americans, it seems to me, tend to protect their children from the harshness of life, in their interest.
