Teju Cole Quotes
There is an expectation that we can talk about sins but no one must be identified as a sinner.
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I'm always writing lyrics. I have so many lyrics on so many stray pieces of paper. Everywhere.
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I'm ambidextrous when I eat. But playing tennis right-handed - I can't do it. I'm clueless.
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I was a child of a tech family. My grandfather was a nuclear physicist and was always a gadget guy.
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There will always be a slight difference between the reel and the real. Even my family might know 99 per cent about me, but there will be this one per cent about me that nobody will ever know. Being in this profession, I am fine with biopics or movies inspired by real-life-characters.
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I am not interested in slice of life, what I want is a slice of the imagination.
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I was the first businessman to say, 'You should give tax benefit to only small companies. You should say your profits are exempt to a limit of Rs. 50 crore or so, but beyond that, you should pay taxes.' I have been arguing with successive finance ministers on this.
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I love shorts in the colder climates, because you can wear them with chunky sweaters and jackets. It's cute and funky.
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The real truths of life are never entirely new to you or to anybody because there is a level deep down within you where you already know all the things, all those spiritual truths that you read or hear, and then recognize them. I say 'recognize' because you're not... it's not new.
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Citizens of India, Pakistan, and Kashmir need to come together and make music.
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I don't think I do look like an A-Lister. I'm more interested in being comfortable in my own skin than trying to be somebody I'm not. Gimme jeans, an old T-shirt, cowboy boots and a baseball cap any day.
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Just because someone has fancy sneakers doesn't mean they can run faster.
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I think a critical part of being successful in our industry is having a beginner's mind.
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The more you move, the stronger you'll grow, not like a tree that can be killed if you uproot it.
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They love their reasons for loving us almost as much as they love us, and most of the time more. It's not so good, that way.
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If you believed more in life you would fling yourself less to the moment.
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Hold on to the center and make up your mind to rejoice in this paradise called life.
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Misery makes sport to mock itself.
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What good fortune for those in power that people do not think.
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It is the distinguishing glory of Christianity not to rest satisfied with superficial appearances, but to rectify the motives, and purify the heart.
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Unless you choose to do great things with your life it makes no difference how much money you make or how much power you have.
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There is an expectation that we can talk about sins but no one must be identified as a sinner.
