Jay Kay Quotes
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Here's the deal with Matty Morrison: He is the most unassuming, nicest, most humble guy, who also happens to be extremely talented.
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After you get what you want you don't want it.
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Textbook rental is a great concept. It is just a great business model.
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I like the dark undertow of grime, and it gets me aggressive. You need that aggression.
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That's why I talk about the breast cancer: because I want women - and everyone - to stay on top of things and get checked. I know how scary it can be. When I dealt with it, I was like, 'Oh my God.' And I have so many other friends who have gone through it or have suffered a loss.
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We do not need more intellectual power, we need more spiritual power. We do not need more of the things that are seen, we need more of the things that are unseen.
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I really do miss playing basketball. I don't play a lot of pick-up games. But I do like using basketball as a form of cross training.
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Take time to enjoy the flight - read a good book, watch a film, catch up on emails and sleep.
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You may not be able to read a doctor's handwriting and prescription, but you'll notice his bills are neatly typewritten.
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The trick to being a novelist is to act like an iceberg. Make it seem as if you're displaying only one-tenth of what you know, and the other nine-tenths isn't visible and never mind if that part is pure styrofoam!
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The political, social, and spiritual impact of the life example set by Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela might be measured in part by the profound and unique gestures made by people in different countries to honor his life upon learning of his death.
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Animated editorial cartoons are completely different from static editorial cartoons.
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I wanna make weird stuff.
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God is a talking God, and thus you must come to wrestle with him. You must wrestle with what he said.
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When I was in film school, it was said that all good films were characterised by some form of humour.
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We must delve deep into history the better to engage a true dialogue of civilisations. Fear of the present can impose upon the past its own biased vision.
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Money is everywhere but so is poetry. What we lack are the poets.
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I think what I like best is that when people give talks or workshops, it doesn't really matter what level you are as a writer - whether you are a beginner, or you've been around the block a bit; there's something that you can take away from every session.
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I think cheesecake helps call attention to you. Then you can follow through and prove yourself.
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In 2008, when Russia attacked Georgia, Western countries took it as an isolated incident, but probably this was the start of the push against our underlying international security architecture. And this push then started a landslide which in 2014 resulted in Crimean occupation.
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Though sages may pour out their wisdom's treasure, there is no sterner moralist than pleasure.
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I learn fast and I take note of what I've been told.
