Teju Cole Quotes
What's interesting about Twitter is the unmediatedness of it, the directness of it. I'm on a train somewhere in New York and I send out a tweet. Somebody sitting at dinner in Bombay checks their phone and they see it.
Quotes to Explore
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When you run into something interesting, drop everything else and study it.
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When I did 'Boyz N The Hood', I never thought how we grew up in South Central was interesting enough for a movie.
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I miss riding those fast trains in Japan... 'cause I'd never seen a train that fast in my life.
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To me the interesting main character is never the one without flaws.
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I don't know that happy people are interesting to write about - or to read about.
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When you're curious, you find lots of interesting things to do.
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The interesting thing about my character Sylar is that my strengths as an actor seemed to go completely against the shape of a character in the shadow.
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I want to work on interesting parts that I can believe in.
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I train and prepare for every contest the same so I can compete to the best of my abilities.
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... Satan is made interesting. This has been the charge of a thousand orthodox and even heterodox writers against Milton.
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You can tell how uninteresting a person is by asking him whom he finds interesting.
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People who read my books have an open mind when it comes to new, bizarre, interesting and exciting ideas.
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I love to be a working actor, and I love to read scripts as they come in. If I find the script or character that is interesting, I want to transform myself into that character.
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For contemporary fashion, I'm a huge fan of so many of the people out there. I think Azzedine Alaia holds up through three generations of very specific, beautiful design. I think Jean Paul Gaultier also is very interesting with a long span.
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The interesting thing about me is that I was born poor, and I've lived rich and I've lived poor, and I know how to do both. People think rich is better. I don't know.
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To me, searching for perfection isn't anywhere near as interesting as trying to find your own voice.
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It's a bit of a cliche, but I think girls like to get flowers. I think books are quite romantic, too. If you can find an interesting book, that brings something out in your partner that can be very romantic.
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I went to acting school, and there were twenty other actors in my class who were exceptional. It's hard for anybody to get work. When I was trying to get jobs, I felt a responsibility to be respectful of the opportunities and take challenging things that could be interesting both for me as an actor and for the audience.
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I love downtown L.A .and I relish any opportunity to spend time there.
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A comprehended god is no god.
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If you don't have your friends, you start to go a bit mad. That's why in the future I don't want to be constantly acting, going from one film to another. I just think it would be so very lonely to be away from your friends and family for so long and no proper kind of routine.
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This is the miracle that happens every time to those who really love: the more they give, the more they possess.
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On a Chinese film you just give orders, no one questions you. Here, you have to convince people, you have to tell them why you want to do it a certain way, and they argue with you. Democracy.
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What's interesting about Twitter is the unmediatedness of it, the directness of it. I'm on a train somewhere in New York and I send out a tweet. Somebody sitting at dinner in Bombay checks their phone and they see it.
