Ngugi wa Thiong'o Quotes
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Always remember that better days are ahead - if not in this life, in the next.
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Snoop Dog is the Phil Jackson of youth football coaches. He ain't going to accept nothing but a winner.
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I just felt that you can't have a character fall in love so madly as they did in the last movie and not finish it off, understand it, get some closure. That's why the movie is called 'Quantum of Solace' - that's exactly what he's looking for.
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The truth, it is said, is rarely pure or simple, yet genetics can at times seem seductively transparent.
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I'm a stand-up. I'm never worried about getting my next role. That's never distressing to me.
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I have spent much of my life where the boys are, first as a tomboy and then on Wall Street. Growing up, I loved every and any sport. I was frustrated by girls who didn't, so I spent most of my afternoons with the boys.
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We began intercepting Japanese radio transmissions, which indicated the two forces were very close to each other. We found out later that we were moving in opposite directions and passed each other by 32 miles.
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Two of my favorite things are my steering wheel and my Remington rifle.
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I used to be able to eat and drink whatever I wanted. But now, when I'm in a suit and tie all the time, sitting and being driven, you can just feel your body.
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I think metal and horror definitely go hand in hand. Even when you go to a horror convention and meet the fans, nine out of 10 times if they're not wearing some sort of horror shirt, they're wearing a shirt with a metal band on it.
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More passengers fly in and out of London than any other city in the world. We are well-connected, we have ample capacity, and we are starting from a position of strength. The problem is that we don't use that capacity well.
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I guess my idea of a good audience is one that's quiet and listens, but also that's alive: they respond, they're getting the jokes, they're with me. And that' s been happening.
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There were times when chemo would eat my body, but I told myself that I have the strength and courage to win and come out stronger.
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I grew up studying music. I went to conservatory.
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Baseball has undergone and absorbed a whole set of dislocations.
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Take responsibility. Step up and step in. Because at the end of the day, folks, we are our behaviors.
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If you write memoir, it can't be about blame or hurt; it has to be creative.
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I feel that I'm a poet first. Not only was poetry the first genre in which I wrote, it's the genre that serves as the basis for my practice as a writer.
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As my life changes, it gives me new things to write about.
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I think I am a very kind person. I think I'm joyful, but I could be kinder and I could be more joyful. I do believe peace is a state of grace, and not the absence of violence.
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I'd describe myself as a pragmatist tinged with idealism.
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Life, struggle, even amidst pain and blood and poverty, seemed beautiful.
