Chinua Achebe Quotes
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I like to think I'm quite brave. I stand up for myself.
Dakota Blue Richards -
I don't speak Spanish. I understand enough of it, having spent some time running Telemundo, and I put in a lot of time in Spain during the Barcelona Olympics. But I don't pretend to speak Spanish, and I don't want anyone to think that I can.
Randy Falco -
In Los Angeles, I'm always in Fred Segal. It's become a ritual. I have lunch and then buy lots of things I don't need. Usually tons of clothes for the kids that they grow out of in 10 seconds.
Ozwald Boateng -
Don't hate me for what tabloids write about me, because I guarantee it's a lie.
Taylor Momsen -
I had a really good time in New Orleans, although I had some very tragic times in Baton Rouge. Some guys beat me up and threw my horn away. 'Cause I had a beard, then, and long hair like the Beatles.
Ornette Coleman -
For me it's about the music, and it always has been. Maybe for some other people it's more about money.
Ace Frehley Kiss
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I'm not crazy. I play a lot of crazy characters, but I'm an actor.
Randy Quaid -
My first paying job, when I was 15, I was a day camp counselor.
Victoria Pratt -
I love my shape because I work really hard at it. I honor my body by working out and seeing what it can do.
Kate Hudson -
If you're offended, it's your problem.
Salman Rushdie -
You just have to be yourself and make music you feel from your gut, and hopefully, your audience will respond.
Isaac Hanson Hanson -
I have problems with a lot of photography, particularly street photography and photojournalism - objectifying the other, finding the contempt and exoticism that you might feel within yourself or toward yourself and projecting it out to others. There can be an abusive power to photography, too.
Barbara Kruger
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There's also the tradition of voodoo, the Haitian magic arts, in New Orleans. And because New Orleans is below sea level, when they bury people in New Orleans, it's mostly above ground. So you have this idea that the spirits are more accessible and can access you more easily because they're not even buried.
Sam Trammell -
My view is that at a younger age your optimism is more and you have more imagination etc. You have less bias.
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam -
I come from a pretty strange family.
Illeana Douglas -
The tensions between authority and the people need to be heard, especially when they are suffering and they can't eat.
Ralph Fiennes -
I think the 19th century is an extraordinary period with a welling up of creativity and all kinds of experimentation and exploration going on at least until 1940.
Edmund Phelps -
'Anthem' was the record that almost didn't get made for a completely different reason than 'Underneath.'
Isaac Hanson Hanson
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At first, the only thing that I learned was to save. Then I learned about mutual fund, then later on direct stock investments. I also went into small businesses and even real estate.
Bo Sanchez -
I guess there are all these women with a big secret - they're hiding men they are ashamed of. They come up to me and say: 'I've been dating this guy for six months in secret but none of my friends know. I can't give him up even though he's embarrassing.'
Hannah Simone -
For every big American movie I've done where I was the supporting guy, I've gone back home to Canada to do supporting movies where I was the lead.
Jay Baruchel -
To most people, paranoia carries a negative connotation. I believe it is one of the most valuable attributes a leader can have. It is about self-reflection and having the courage, humility, and discipline to constantly ask uncomfortable questions that can potentially poke holes in your strategy and challenge your conventional thinking.
Dinesh Paliwal -
Growing up in Dumfries, I got no sun - I spent all my time in my room making records. When I came to America, it made me recognise the benefits of sunlight. Oh, and I also got a good haircut. I used to have a terrible haircut.
Calvin Harris -
When there is a big tree small ones climb on its back to reach the sun.
Chinua Achebe