Ahmad Balshe (Belly) Quotes
It's not like I feel like I've accomplished nothing, I just have to forget about what I've accomplished and just accomplish more.
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The government of the German Democratic Republic rejects secret policies. It works for the people, and only the people, so it does not need to keep secrets like the warmongers.
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When I was a teenager, I was an umpire for a competitive league for 8- to 9-year-olds. I was really bad at it because I didn't know all the rules, and all these kids were better athletes than me. I made a bad call, and this dad snapped on me. Then he dumped his trash from his cooler, and I had to kick him out of the stands.
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It's one thing if you write a song and somebody else sings it because you give the OK. But if your voice is on something and you don't get the credit, it's kind of hard.
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Great talents are the most lovely and often the most dangerous fruits on the tree of humanity. They hang upon the most slender twigs that are easily snapped off.
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Up against the corporate government, voters find themselves asked to choose between look-alike candidates from two parties vying to see who takes the marching orders from their campaign paymasters and their future employers. The money of vested interest nullifies genuine voter choice and trust.
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Language as a communication tool is the primary element from which literature is created. Even in pre-literate societies, it exists as songs, riddles, or epics that are chanted.
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Geniuses don't have better ideas than the rest of us. They just have more of them.
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It was my mother who got me involved in gymnastics, sending me to classes when I was six just to stop me doing back flips on the couch and destroying the furniture.
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In your darkest moments of despair, a friend's hand on yours will get you through the worst.
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I'm neither a millennial nor a hipster.
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The fact that hype exists doesn't prove that something is not important.
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My fans know the name Larry Holmes and that he always gave it his all.
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Medical decisions have been politicized. What doctor wants a state legislator in his consulting room?
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I'm doing what I do for the right reasons. I love the music that I make.
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I think you start hitting home runs, and you start getting caught up in seeing how far you can hit them. They're fun, but you really only have to hit them a foot over the fence. They all count the same.
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Using MO to link crimes can be problematic.
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I create fictional narratives, but it's based on literal people.
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Art is subject to arbitrary fashion.
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I am a musician who also does love to explore the world in many ways, so my approaching with my songs, videos, and haikus is: 'Make It Real.'
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The first interviews I gave were entirely unpleasant. You have people trying to trip you up with impolite questions that have nothing to do with the books. It's simply vulgar curiosity, and I won't have it.
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The wide world is all about you: you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot forever fence it out.
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No one is more enslaved than a slave who doesn't think they're enslaved.
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You never forget where you come from.
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It's not like I feel like I've accomplished nothing, I just have to forget about what I've accomplished and just accomplish more.