Teju Cole Quotes
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Twenty games is the magic figure for pitchers - .300 is the magic figures for batters. It pays off in salary and reputation. And those are the two things that keep a ballplayer in business.
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The fundamental problem is not that Trump has access to the nuclear launch codes, but that they exist at all.
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Intelligence is sexy. Don't play dumb, especially young girls. Don't play dumb. And let people see that you are intelligent.
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All I can say is, it's not very easy for a woman to be associated with The Beatles.
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I said back in 2010 when I was rubbish at the European championships, 'If I never win an omnium until 2012, I don't care.' I then won Olympic gold.
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If I'm trying to please every craze fan, then I can't. Of course, we all want to please the fans.
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If a woman gets tough in negotiations, she's difficult, whereas a man would be considered a brilliant businessman.
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I'm Pisces with Leo rising. The Pisces part is the dreamer. The Leo says, 'Let's execute.'
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The America's Cup is like driving your Lamborghini to the Grand Prix track to watch the charter buses race.
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Mum is a photographer, and Dad does world music and plays almost every instrument except for drums.
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I figure lots of predictions is best. People will forget the ones I get wrong and marvel over the rest.
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My mother's background was Scottish. She came from an old family, some of whom lived in upper New York State and some of whom had come over from Scotland.
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Sit with those who constantly repent, for they have the softest hearts.
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I learned not to trust people; I learned not to believe what they say but to watch what they do; I learned to suspect that anyone and everyone is capable of 'living a lie'. I came to believe that other people - even when you think you know them well - are ultimately unknowable.
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The Trojan War without Homer was nothing more than a battle over trade routes.
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If you like your healthcare plan, you'll be able to keep your healthcare plan, period. No one will take it away, no matter what.
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Vice stings us even in our pleasures, but virtue consoles us even in our pains.
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The desire to survive and the fear of death are artistic sentiments.
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To achieve their goal, masterpieces must charm but also penetrate the soul and make a deep impression on the mind that is similar to reality...Therefore the artist must have studied all the motives of mankind and he must know nature thoroughly. In short he must be a philosopher.
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The press pass and the a title of “journalist” had been replaced by a smart phone and a Twitter account.
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The site was a palimpsest, as was all the city, written, erased, rewritten.
