Teju Cole Quotes
The white savior supports brutal policies in the morning, founds charities in the afternoon, and receives awards in the evening.
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I was thinking of going to London drama schools or to New York, because France didn't accommodate the things I wanted to do in film.
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I worked with the Neville Brothers for 40-some years on the highway, and up and down since I can remember - funk from New Orleans.
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Life is too short to blend in.
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In England especially, I've found that if you bring up King Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson at a dinner party or a social gathering, it's like throwing a Molotov cocktail into the room.
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You know, there's always someone in mind when I'm writing. You know, it's all comes from somewhere inside.
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My children are English, and both of their mothers were English.
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We must adjust our value systems and work to modify today's societies, in which economic interests are carried to the extreme and irrationally produce not merely objects, but weapons of war. These societies don't care about the destruction of the planet and mankind as long as they earn profits - it can't go on like this.
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I've said some things about other religions that I regret now. I think they were incorrect.
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All men ought to think of Christ, because of what Christ will yet do to all men. He shall come again one day to this earth with power and glory, and raise the dead from their graves. All shall come forth at His bidding. Those who would not move when they heard the church-going bell, shall obey the voice of the Archangel and the trump of God.
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I have my own past and my own personality. I'm going to relate to the material in a completely different way than somebody else might.
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With each book I write, I become more and more convinced that the books have a life of their own, quite apart from me.
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In films people basically work for the camera, you know, and that's why actors can hate each other and not be speaking to each other and still look as if they're in love because really they're loving the camera loving them.
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People I looked up to a lot were, you know, Oprah because she had a rough childhood but overcame so many obstacles and broke barriers to become who she is. It was really eye opening to me: just because I had a rough childhood doesn't mean that I can't make something of myself.
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Even though I was in close proximity to everything, it never really dawned on me to pursue a career in show business.
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It will work. I am a marketing genius.
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The kids that are different and out there and expressive and are bold with those choices, those are the people that grow up to be people we all want to hang out with, that become celebrities or become really successful in what they do because they believe in who they are.
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All the historical pretenders to global power originated in Eurasia.
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I'm a kid who grew up working hard.
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You can't just look at someone and guess their sexuality. There's no point in assuming that every gay man has just one personality type.
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It's the emotion...each word has got a connotation and symbolism and the thing is finding what's behind the word-what meaning it has and what emotion. I'm really into vocal repetition as a definite art form.
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There's something to be said for writing in the morning. At other points in the day, you're a bit more defensive.
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I don't like extremely long movies. I tend to get a bit impatient. There are definitely exceptions, like 'Lawrence of Arabia,' but for the most part, I feel that movies should usually be shorter and not longer.
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I go to bed every night and the list of what I've accomplished is astounding.
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The white savior supports brutal policies in the morning, founds charities in the afternoon, and receives awards in the evening.
