Marlon James Quotes
I'm not a writer on a mission, and I'm very suspicious of writers on missions, but I'm also not living a false life.
Quotes to Explore
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I am a big Pink Floyd fan. That is where a lot of the concept lyrics come from.
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After I was assaulted in Egypt, I learned fear. I've just never been so scared in my life. I've never been so close to death.
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It was failing part of my Ph.D. that led me into novel-writing. By then I was 29, had remarried and had a second baby. It struck me that I'd lost my path in life and I felt frustrated. That's when I started to write.
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Helping people boost themselves out of poverty is the best way to make a lasting positive difference in a person's life.
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He, who every morning plans the transactions of the day, and follows that plan, carries a thread that will guide him through a labyrinth of the most busy life.
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It is only through such real-life daily struggles and challenges that a genuine sensitivity to human rights can be inculcated. This is a truth that is not limited to school education: it applies to all of us.
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I think the Matrix effect is over-used and I don't do it anymore.
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When you meet the love of your life, it's just obvious and natural and easier.
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What other people think of me is none of my business.
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A man is a god in ruins. When men are innocent, life shall be longer, and shall pass into the immortal, as gently as we awake from dreams.
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Choosing forgiveness opens the door of your heart and makes way for a miracle in your life.
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If you feel sick and tired of how things are in your life, chances are it's because you're making yourself sick and tired - by engaging in too many energy leaking things.
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The United States influences government and life everywhere else.
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When I first heard about Twittering, I thought it was the most disgusting thing I'd ever heard of in my life. It's like the devil: the idea that your personal life is there for everybody.
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Life - how curious is that habit that makes us think it is not here, but elsewhere.
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When it comes to literal nourishment, the food we eat, life begets life.
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Having a child, particularly your first child, is such a life-changing moment. Nothing can really prepare you for that.
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Many activities and team play participation will give you a training that will prove invaluable later on in life.
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The suburbs have this veneer of happiness, you know? This veneer of the ideal life. From afar, it's all together - white picket fence, nice house - but you peel away one little layer, and it all comes crumbling down.
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Man is mortal. Everyone has to die some day or the other. But one must resolve to lay down one's life in enriching the noble ideals of self-respect and in bettering one's human life. We are not slaves. Nothing is more disgraceful for a brave man than to live life devoid of self-respect.
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When you're in the National Football League, and you get this window where all eyes are on you, you can use that. You can use that platform for good.
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I think that's kind of who I am. I just try to be vocal and try to lead by example.
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By definition, poetry works with qualities and dynamics that mainstream society is reluctant to face head-on. It's an interesting phenomenon that by necessity, poetry is just below the radar.
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I'm not a writer on a mission, and I'm very suspicious of writers on missions, but I'm also not living a false life.
