Akinyele (Akinyele Adams) Quotes
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You only live twice. Once when you are born and once when you look death in the face.
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Growing up in the public eye was really tough. When you're 14 and your body is changing, your life is changing, and people are watching every step you make, it's really hard to deal with. But I was pretty lucky, people didn't watch me that closely.
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Maybe I'm a glutton for punishment, but I enjoy anything where you get to flex your acting muscles, you get to really go for it.
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The audience is the best judge of anything. They cannot be lied to. Truth brings them closer. A moment that lags - they're gonna cough.
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My national identity is first American. My religious identity is first Muslim.
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Whenever I have had to write fiction, I've always had to invent a character who roughly has my background.
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We were very poised and played well within the system.
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They flaunt their conjugal felicity in one's face, as if it were the most fascinating of sins.
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I am confident. Otherwise, I will not be working as I am working.
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As long as I draw breath and am able, I won't give up practicing philosophy.
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If he exalts himself, I humble him. If he humbles himself, I exalt him. And I go on contradicting him Until he understands That he is a monster that passes all understanding.
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But one thing she Rachel did believe in was love. She believed that you could smell it, that you could taste it, that it could change the entire course of your life.
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Blending consensus historical events and personages with imaginary occult forces is a strong recipe for counterfactual storytelling goodness that combines the best of two worlds: resonant history with wild-eyed fantasy.
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Every time I go into a tournament, I'm strictly on my own. I know I'm playing for my bread and butter.
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There has never been but one question in all civilization-how to keep a few men from saying to many men: You work and earn bread and we will eat it.
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There is no avoiding war; it can only be postponed to the advantage of others.
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When I need bread, I grab the toaster and stick niggas for they crumbs.
