Chris Abani Quotes
In this time of the Internet and nonfiction, to be on an actual bookshelf in an actual bookstore is exciting in itself.
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M.G.M. never really gave me a break. They loaned me out for leading roles but cast me in programme pictures.
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For every reason it's not possible, there are hundreds of people who have faced the same circumstances and succeeded.
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I don't think Bosnia is ready for reconciliation, but I do think it is ready for truth.
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A child learns to discard his ideals, whereas a grown-up never wears out his short pants.
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As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.
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I may have had a lot of luck in my life, but I still need to find a challenge in the game.
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No person is just one particular emotion.
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We really love to learn and explore things.
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It is true that integrity alone won't make you a leader, but without integrity you will never be one.
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I have a lot of friends who do what I do. Either they're actresses or singers or things like that.
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All peoples are entangled in the net of the world market.
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We can't stop anybody from doing what they want to do.
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You should never go on diet and must follow a healthy lifestyle.
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When I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he were fighting bees.
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It's not so much knowing when to speak, when to pause.
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I have been portrayed by actors in three television documentaries, two plays, one musical and a film. It's no fun watching yourself being traduced and imitated by an actor.
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Enlightenment must come little by little - otherwise it would overwhelm.
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All is extremely genteel; and there is almost as much repose as in the golden saloons of the contiguous palaces. At any rate, if there be as much vice, there is as little crime.
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I never give in to the temptation to be difficult just for the sake of being difficult. That would be too ridiculous.
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Socialism is undoubtedly in the throes of a crisis greater than at any time since 1917. The last half of 1989 saw the dramatic collapse of most of the communist party governments of Eastern Europe.
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I always say I should do more yoga. Or do yoga - more would mean I do some. I've done none. But I always want to do yoga because I'm getting old. Nerves are getting pinched every other day, and I really just gotta get more limber.
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I was the future once.
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We are convinced that Organic Avenue is extraordinarily well positioned to become a national leader in both the rapidly growing $5 billion organic juicing industry and the $75 billion natural foods industry, driven by an increasing number of consumers moving towards a healthier diet of organic foods.
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In this time of the Internet and nonfiction, to be on an actual bookshelf in an actual bookstore is exciting in itself.
