Chris Abani Quotes
Like most writers, I find the Web is a wonderful distraction. Who doesn't need that last minute research before writing?
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Magneto wants to cope with the difficulties thrust upon him by society and by his own nature.
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I don't think I'm that intelligent. I think I'm semi-intelligent.
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Physical bravery is an animal instinct; moral bravery is much higher and truer courage.
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I went to bed last night dreaming of tuna melts. I love food.
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When my lady and I sit down and watch TV, I find she gets annoyed at characters because they don't do what she would do in the situation. I'm always like, 'Well, she has to do that because that's what the story is.'
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There is always the fear of failure, and if you struggle, you become nervous, and that's when the underdogs have an opportunity to create a surprise.
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Stillness of person and steadiness of features are signal marks of good breeding.
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I don't really desire things. I prefer to spend my money on experiences, on meals or travel.
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Hot girls have so many options. Sitting at home alone any night of the week and searching the Internet for a dude is on zero hot girls' agendas. So they're definitely not coming after you.
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Not obsessed with particularly Nike, but sneakers in general. I love them.
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Hillary Clinton almost got to be president. The reasons why she didn't become president had to do with bad judgments about how to handle the early caucus states, which is not a gender-specific trait.
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Whatever I think the song sounds like is what I'll name it. It's a feeling thing; it's not logical at all.
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Each song is a small universe to me. Each song has a story of its own. Each has a full life to express in order to be complete, so it often happens that the building to a big crescendo feels right in the recording or writing process.
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Look at market fluctuations as your friend rather than your enemy; profit from folly rather than participate in it.
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The woman who purposely destroys her unborn child is guilty of murder. With us there is no nice enquiry as to its being formed or unformed.
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People say, 'Oh you're so good, and you're so young!' It's like, 'No. I'm good. Period!'
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For gay people, we learned about our lives in secrecy and a lot of fear.
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I love it and really, really enjoy weight training. I love free weights. I find it really rewarding.
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I once had a friend who did the hair for sci-fi movies, and after a particularly bad break-up I stupidly went to her salon and told her she could do anything she liked. She dyed the bottom cherry red and the top peroxide blonde.
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Courage in danger is half the battle.
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Jon Tester continues to tell Montanans one thing and then votes the other way when he's back in Washington D.C.
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Like most writers, I find the Web is a wonderful distraction. Who doesn't need that last minute research before writing?
