Warren Kole Quotes
I think I'm at a place where I haven't really been encountered by anyone overtly strange. But people think they know me.

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I'd like to one day be featured on a list of inspirational people who have made a difference in the world, whether it be helping underprivileged people or putting an end to the poaching of wildlife in Africa.
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We're supposed to be an example of freedom, and if we are doing things that are injustice to people, then what is our statement?
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People always say I'm a legend, but I'm not. Not until I've defended my Olympic titles. That's when I've decided I'll be a legend.
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If I see someone doing a new sport, I usually like to throw myself into it, and I never look at it and think, 'That's something I can't do.'
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People like to pigeonhole you. It's easier.
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AIDS is a horrible disease, and the people who catch it deserve compassion.
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Everyone's clamoring for the fourth book in the 'Fifty Shades' trilogy, which makes me laugh. Just the part of 'a fourth book in trilogy' that makes me laugh, not the clamoring for the next book.
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If I recall correctly, I think I signed my first contract with Tor in 1983.
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I opened up every can of worms I could. I got to the place where I would peel back one layer, and then another layer, and the stuff that would come up underneath was so inspiring, it made me want to write about it.
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What we prefer to do is operate our investment bank in a way that is like what investment banks used to be, which is a middle man - someone who is here to match people who need capital with people who have capital - and not position ourselves at the center of that by taking big positions on a trading stance.
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I have to thank the People, the Congress, and the Government of the United States for my liberation.
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I have my website, The Ruckus, which is an Internet site, similar to the Funny or Die format, where people post funny videos. I get a chance to rate their videos; they get a chance to blog and kick it with me.
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People give us credit only for what we ourselves believe.
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I pay all my own bills... I want to choose the man. I do not permit men to choose me.
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Positive social emotions like compassion and empathy are generally good for us, and we want to encourage them. But do we know how to most reliably raise children to care about the suffering of other people? I'm not sure we do.
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Writers are historians, too. It is in literature that the greater truths about a people and their past are found.
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I want people to be drawn into the space of the work. And a lot of people are like me in that they have relatively short attention spans. So I shoot for the window of opportunity.
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I wanted to have a body of work behind me before I wrote about racism.
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My biggest luck was the Terry McMillan era, because what happened after the phenomenon of 'Waiting to Exhale' is that publishing woke up. They said, 'Wow. Black people do read.'
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Square meals often make round people.
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There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge.
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You aren't normal if you sing to people. You aren't a normal person. It's nerve-racking.
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My favorite food in the world is hard shell crabs from Maryland.
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I think I'm at a place where I haven't really been encountered by anyone overtly strange. But people think they know me.