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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Life is short. Ricky and I realize how lucky we were. We want to be together all the time.
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I kind of feel like I found my cause in life servicing the Hubble Space Telescope.
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I guess Malayali women like bubbly, happy-go-lucky guys, and I am all of that. I'm yet to discover how I'm such a hit there. The fans there are difficult to win over.
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I think, for a while, my music was exclusively for those who shared my beliefs. But I realized I was perpetuating the bubble that I was living in instead of inviting people into my world.
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If we could muster the same determination and sense of responsibility that saves a country like Japan - or a company like Xerox - then investing to save women and children who are dying in the developing world would be very good business.
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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.
