Chinua Achebe Quotes
People say that if you find water rising up to your ankle, that's the time to do something about it, not when it's around your neck.
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The loss of life will be irreplaceable.
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I always start the day by washing my face and moisturizing.
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Nobody can teach what is inside a person; it has to be discovered for oneself and a way must be found to express it.
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I live in a Mobile Home - I've never had a house, except once; I rented a log cabin.
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Within NASA, the shuttle is perhaps the least-groundbreaking project. Recall that Apollo was about creating brand-new technologies that did something unprecedented - putting men on the moon. The shuttle is, by comparison, a relic designed to make going into orbit routine.
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I always drive like a madman.
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The foundations and the intent of the Affordable Care Act are laudable. The way it's being implemented is a disaster.
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Some people feel that what we're doing makes no sense, that it's just a waste of money. But it's working.
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It gets pretty boring when all you are is the support system for a male character.
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Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions.
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Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.
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I think whenever you see what may be the seeds of a third party, you need to be very skeptical because there's not a very good track record for third parties.
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Deep inside, I was hoping I'd win: The competition was tough, but I learned from other's mistakes.
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I didn't go into the theater to be a producer, I went into the theater to be a director.
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In a bigger picture, all over the world is a boys' club.
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If you're not careful, you can fall into a destructive cycle of self-pity.
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But Paul, in his preaching of the Gospel, is a debtor to deliver the word not to Barbarians only, but also to Greeks, and not only to the unwise, who would easily agree with him, but also to the wise.
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Having been subjected to the pigeonholing of Hollywood myself, I realized that once you become a studio-approved director, your chances of ever making your own film again are zero. You make the films that the studio wants you to make.
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Everyone had something unique to offer in life and their responsibility was to develop those gifts - and heroes come from all backgrounds.
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Misprize common sense at your peril is my motto.
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I hate singing. I hate dancing. I enjoyed doing 'Cabaret' and 'Assassins,' but I would wither up and die in 'The Music Man.'
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There was a brief period of time when I was very young where I thought I wanted to be a veterinarian - largely because I liked cats - but then somebody told me I would have to cut animals open, and that was the end of that.
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People say that if you find water rising up to your ankle, that's the time to do something about it, not when it's around your neck.
