John Edgar Wideman Quotes
I have written about the women around me. My ancestors, my relatives, lovers. It was a way of trying to make it all make sense.
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I enjoy all kinds of performances and take each role differently. I keep the audiences in mind.
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Unfortunately, there is still much to mine in this world and explore creatively.
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Execution as punishment is barbaric and unnecessary.
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Despite the obvious benefits, many Americans do not like Texas. Some even say they despise Texas, and make no secret of their feelings.
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I'm very proud of my Nigerian heritage. I wasn't fortunate enough to be raised in a heavy Nigerian environment, because my parents were always working. My father was with D.C. Cabs and my mother worked in fast food and was a nurse.
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In the governments, as we've witnessed in the past, they had to hide. Because there's a lot of concentration on the friends-and-family club... We're not about that. That's not the government of the future of the State of New York. What's gonna pull this state out of the doldrums that it's in right now is an honest and open government.
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Always write as if you are talking to someone. It works. Don't put on any fancy phrases or accents or things you wouldn't say in real life.
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Nitric oxide was known for destroying things.
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My music, I feel, has always been experimental, but it had got to a point where I felt disconnected from it completely. I didn't want to be a Clark Kent/Superman: I couldn't really say, 'Well, B.o.B's the old me, and Bobby Ray's the new me.' I had to just make a point.
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I've had two fights in my life. Both times I threw one punch, and both times I broke my hand! I really am a stranger to the world of fighting.
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I wasn't trained to be in front of a camera, so there were a lot of challenges at first. But I didn't want to be fake.
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Betty Ford and I were colleagues for years, working together for women's rights in Washington, D.C., and elsewhere in the country.
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Breaking the world record in '92 was a very special personal moment, but I'd say my favorite moment as a decathlete was winning the Olympic gold medal. It was a lot of years of work, and when I won it, it was more a sense of relief than jubilation or exaltation.
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There is no ideal body. It's just taking what you have and working it.
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One hazard of our job on TV is people are always checking us out and noting every pound we've gained or haven't quite lost.
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Oh my God, Betty White is actually everything that you would expect her to be like.
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One of the things I'm really good at is procrastinating.
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In my job I meet many outstanding, world class, British based companies. But we need more companies and more jobs in the companies we have.
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A lot of guys thought I'd bow down to them, but I wasn't like that. I was just trying to play football and do my thing.
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Everyone's taste is different. But I think the best way to defend against regrets after opening night is to try your best to tell the story you want to tell. In terms of smaller changes over time, I think good plays are like poems. Every syllable counts.
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I don't think I would do better books if I wrote full time. I write for amateurish reasons.
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Don't reinvent the wheel, just realign it.
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Everything we do in life is based on fear, especially love.
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I have written about the women around me. My ancestors, my relatives, lovers. It was a way of trying to make it all make sense.
