Babatunde Fashola Quotes
There are times we spent money when we shouldn't, the choices we make define the results we get
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My career is a black comedy of sorts. I spent a lot of time explaining myself to various different groups. But more and more, I'm finding that the desire to communicate, which all these audiences share, is a powerful thing.
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I've said it before, and I'll say it again. I've written 29 damn plays. Isn't that enough?
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If you come to a negotiation table saying you have the final truth, that you know nothing but the truth and that is final, you will get nothing.
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I've always been a rough kid.
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Every time I watch a Clint Eastwood film, I'm in touch with my feminine side, I've developed a searing man-crush on Clint Eastwood.
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I don't look at myself as suffering.
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Every actor has their own process. For me, I really need to stay in the pocket. So, if I'm on set and I'm in character, I'm not thinking like a producer. If I'm on set and I'm not in character, wardrobe and make-up, and I'm just coming on set for the moments that I'm not shooting, then I'm able to be the producer.
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The thing about the Internet is that you can write something... for a very narrow audience and make a living at it.
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I usually have more than one thing I'm working on at once - I've been working on three different novels. When I get stuck on one, I hop back and forth.
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Millions of people gave their lives fighting fascism and imperialism, but Pearl Harbor was the event that forever changed the course of human history.
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To give pain is the tyranny; to make happy, the true empire of beauty.
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Drama happens in big cricket matches. But also in small cricket matches.
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There's no way you can win when you're the president; you've got to be the scapegoat for America's issues.
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I couldn't believe that Donald Trump won. I couldn't believe that we elected an orangutan to front the country.
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Personally, I don't like a girlfriend to have a husband. If she'll fool her husband, I figure she'll fool me.
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My last book, 'The Language of Flowers,' I wrote completely on naptime, when my little kids were asleep.
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Sometimes, success almost haunts you. You want to be the best at everything you do and know you have to work hard.
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The thing that I really love about film is that it is with you forever - it goes to your children, and they get to see it again and again and have it forever.
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Most people, almost everyone knows of a teen mom. Teen pregnancy rates are growing, and we need to bring awareness to that.
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Anybody who's putting out records is probably not making money at it.
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To see what books were available for my older students, I made many trips to the library. If a book looked interesting, I checked it out. I once went home with 30 books! It was then that I realized that kids' novels had the shape of real books, and I began to get ideas for young adult novels and juvenile books.
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There are times we spent money when we shouldn't, the choices we make define the results we get
