AraabMuzik Quotes
I don't practice. It's a gift. It's talent. Obviously, I do it all the time so it's like I'm practicing, but that's just what I do. Sometimes I'll be in the studio flipping through beats and I'll do something quick and people will be like, "What the?!" It's natural! I don't need to be nice like that, I just do it.
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If you're going to play the game properly, you'd better know every rule.
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Novels are the Socratic dialogues of our time. Practical wisdom fled from school wisdom into this liberal form.
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I don't know what love means.
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As a young child, I was never a crier. I never cried to get my way, or even when I was in pain.
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Ecuador has about 700 kilometers of border with Colombia, and a lot of it is impenetrable jungle.
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Acting can be a narrow and isolated experience, because you only examine your particular part.
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I like to get up around 5:30 or six - that's my favorite time of day. My family is still asleep, and the office is still closed, so I can start my day slowly.
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I'm trying to learn the lessons of the past, but not to make speeches about the past.
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Even though I hadn't read a word of it, I grew up hating 'Moby-Dick.'
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Even though I'm very Westernized as an individual and very Canadian, I guess I've lost some of my Chinese culture.
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You have to push yourself when you're older because it's very easy to fall into the trap. You start to fall apart - you just have to do your best to paste yourself together. I think doing things and being active is very important. When your mind is busy, you don't hurt so much.
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With each book, in each place, I have to keep an ongoing map as I write because otherwise I don't know where I am.
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Dallas was a Black and White society at that time; it didn't have the diversity it has now.
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I think being busy is a healthy thing.
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I thought they would never select an Eastern writer for the Nobel. I was surprised.
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In a day when, if you insulted a man it might cost you your life, you were probably more civil.
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As a kid, I would push my shoulders forward in order to hide my heart from being hurt.
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If you ever want to tame your inner demons, you must consciously choose never to become too attached to any particular life plan - and always remain open to the idea that there might be an even better life plan for you.
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As the great grandchildren of the industrial revolution, we have learned, at last, that the heedless pursuit of more is unsustainable and, ultimately, unfulfilling. Our planet, our security, our sense of equanimity and our very souls demand something better, something different.
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Stupidity is a talent for misconception.
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That's the way it is: you have to show your initiative, you have to show talent and availability, and still have an awful lot of luck.
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I don't practice. It's a gift. It's talent. Obviously, I do it all the time so it's like I'm practicing, but that's just what I do. Sometimes I'll be in the studio flipping through beats and I'll do something quick and people will be like, "What the?!" It's natural! I don't need to be nice like that, I just do it.
