Eskinder Nega Quotes
We live in an age of global expectations. Our hopes have converged in many ways, none more so than in our democratic aspirations.
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I congratulate you, my fellow-citizens, upon the high state of prosperity to which the goodness of Divine Providence has conducted our common country.
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I think everyone in the heptathlon is improving together, so it is a very hard event to compete in.
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I write 'by the seat of my pants.' I love to do research. I am inspired by contemporary writers and contemporary events. I live in the real world.
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My father started with nothing and is a self-made man. No matter what I do with my life, I can never match his accomplishments.
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I get very bored easily. I'm a child of the Internet or whatever; I want more and more of new and interesting things.
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My daughter's still so tiny at the moment; she's just a sweet little meaty thing. But of course, you always think about what you want for them, don't you, and like any parent I want my children to be happy more than anything.
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It's about discipline. It's about following instructions. It's about the execution of the plan. That's what sport is.
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(On seeing a former lover for the first time in years) I thought I told you to wait in the car.
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I always say to my agents, you go through one of these big kind of movies, everyone makes money, but like, I said, 'I'm the one who's gotta go make it, and if I don't have my heart in it, and it's like a love affair, I'm not going to do a good job. Then, and I don't want to just get paid. I just, I don't want to do that.'
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The addition of nuts in salad... I always find to be beneficial.
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One of the things that I was always, and still am, is quite resourceful.
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I secretly wanted to act. I also wanted be a toy designer and make puppets.
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My low center of gravity allows me to defend takedowns a lot better than most people. It's very hard to get to my legs. It's going to be really hard to take me down. There are a lot of positives to being my size.
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Mental health can improve overall well-being and prevent other illnesses. And since mental health problems have a serious economic impact on vulnerable communities, making them a priority can save lives and markedly improve people's quality of life.
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That's what I loved about show business, no two days were alike. It's an exciting life.
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I enjoy some physical stuff. But if I had a choice between playing a scene where it's raining, it's terribly cold, I'm wet and I'm being drowned and playing a scene with dinosaur eggs in a laboratory, I'd probably take the latter. It's warmer and generally more comfortable!
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I was in 'Goodwin Games,' which was canceled, and a few other things, so I kind of swore off television unless I was writing or producing it.
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I think I'm making music that's pretty universal.
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I am of that '60s generation, and for people of my age, that phrase 'change the world' has a real resonance.
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I've always been this way. This is who I am. Take it or leave it. You'll either hate me or you'll love me. I have a strong personality which isn't necessarily good or bad. I really don't mind what people in Oklahoma who I don't know think of me. I really only care about the people in my life.
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Success turns a lot of people off. I have a pretty solid sense of joy and respect that irritates people, and can irritate me, too.
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But if you do not find an intelligent companion, a wise and well-behaved person going the same way as yourself, then go on your way alone, like a king abandoning a conquered kingdom, or like a great elephant in the deep forest.
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Don't you think it would be wonderful to get rid of everything and everybody and just go some place where you don't know a soul?
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We live in an age of global expectations. Our hopes have converged in many ways, none more so than in our democratic aspirations.
