Yohan Blake Quotes
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For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.
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Seeing people who are actually reading your book and listening to the wide variety of reactions they have to it, is really special.
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One who neglects or disregards the existence of earth, air, fire, water and vegetation disregards his own existence which is entwined with them.
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It is not true that I dictate what should be done. There is a dialogue.
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No one familiar with the common law of England can read the Constitution of the United States without observing the great desire of the Convention which framed that instrument to make it conform as far as possible with that law.
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I came here to tell you the truth, the good, the bad and the ugly.
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I'm a great supporter of women who take risks and don't make victimhood into an art. It's not good for women, and it's not good for men. Too many men put all their emotional eggs in one basket - a woman's basket.
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For someone who writes fiction, in order to activate the imagination and the unconscious, it's essential to be free.
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One of the great upsides to a national book tour is the chance to break out of television's cocoon and interact directly with the American people.
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My work as a screenwriter has influenced my fiction. Writing screenplays forces you to consider many elements regarding story structure and other narrative devices that can be used to enhance the infinitely more complex demands of a novel.
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I'm not just a rapper. I'm a child educator.
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Mahatma Gandhi was someone who demonstrated the tremendous power of leadership by example.
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If God has given you the world's goods in abundance, it is to help you gain those of Heaven and to be a good example of sound teaching to your sons, servants, and relatives.
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When I come to London, I always like to see what's playing at the NFT.
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I love acting. It's what I do, not what I am.
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The gruesomeness of 'Death Line' was an absolute necessity for me to bring up the political content of the film. I wanted to show how devastating class distinction could be.
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A filial son to his father can be a traitorous subject to his ruler.
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Many African-American men are incarcerated. And so African-American women do carry an enormous burden. And traditionally have carried a greater burden than perhaps their white counterparts.
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Always follow your own path.
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When your dawn theater sounds to clear your sinuses: don't delay. Jump. Those voices may be gone before you hit the shower to align your wits. Speed is everything. The 90-mph dash to your machine is a sure cure for life rampant and death most real. Make haste to live. Oh, God, yes. Live. And write. With great haste.
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The nation... doesn't simply need what we have. It needs what we are.
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The daily struggle does not arise from a purpose or a program, but from an immediate need.
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Wait on God and He will work, but don't wait in spiritual sulks because you cannot see an inch in front of you! Are we detached enough from our spiritual hysterics to wait on God? To wait is not to sit with folded hands, but to learn to do what we are told.
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I don't need to scare the other athletes. When I'm running, I will scare them.
