David Levering Lewis Quotes
Philosophically, Dubois may have had no problem with a great African American institution. On the other hand, he always believed ultimately in the co-mingling of groups and the interplay of talents and in the collaboration of groups.
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Medicine, you see, is my first love; whether I write fiction or nonfiction, and even when it has nothing to do with medicine, it's still about medicine. After all, what is medicine but life plus? So I write about life.
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I don't know how people recognize me.
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However, it does seem now that the international community, more importantly the powers that have influence, and, even more importantly, Afghanistan's neighbors realize that it is high time that they work together, and not against one another.
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People throw things at me sometimes, at big festivals.
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A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.
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I have a great office.
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Rioting is a childish way of trying to be a man, but it takes time to rise out of the hell of hatred and frustration and accept that to be a man you don't have to riot.
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Fiction should be about moral dilemmas that are so bloody difficult that the author doesn't know the answer.
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When you do music concerts at Taj Mahal and the Acropolis, you have to be careful about your performance being appropriate with the place that surrounds you. It has to be appropriate to the culture - it should fit the building behind you, the environment you are playing it in and the culture of that place.
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In all honesty, titles are an embarrassment to me.
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The military executes policy decisions.
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Be your true self. Because if you're not, there are consequences to be paid.
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It's hardly even noticeable that so many artists, designers and architects live here. It isn't reflected in the cityscape or in the museums. Many of the artists, for example, exhibit around the world, just not in Berlin.
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We need to learn to accept and certainly mourn any harm that comes to any human being on this earth. But we also need to not be vengeful.
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I'm never, like I say, I'm never happy, I'm never satisfied, it's never good enough.
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I wish - I wish the peace and good for the Syrian citizen and the Syrian regime.
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Green is one of my favorite colors - emerald green.
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The relationship between East and West needs to be and can be fixed via pop culture.
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I mean, the problem is, I think I'm a great writer.
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A man may not always be what he appears to be, but what he appears to be is always a significant part of what he is.
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Audrey Hepburn has influenced me.
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Now at 47, 48 I am expected to do ten times better work that I did when I was 24.
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Philosophically, Dubois may have had no problem with a great African American institution. On the other hand, he always believed ultimately in the co-mingling of groups and the interplay of talents and in the collaboration of groups.
