Wole Soyinka Quotes
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In some countries, no one knows who Idris Elba is.
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I'm a huge fan of Kate Beckinsale. Sigourney Weaver gets me excited. Angelina Jolie... There's just so many women that do 'tough' really well.
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In a democratic set-up, people who are being governed should also be a part of the governing system. They should be drafted into the governance.
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He to whom the present is the only thing that is present, knows nothing of the age in which he lives.
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You know, I've been playing with my hair color ever since I was nine.
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What happened to me in the Sixties was so major and so worldwide and so huge, there's no way I can repeat it. But in a way, I had nothing to do with it, it just took me over. It was bizarre, it was weird, and I had no control over it. I don't think anyone could have planned what happened to me.
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There's something really incredible about watching what someone else does with a role that we know: the Hamlets or the Henry Vs or the Othellos or the Cleopatras that we've seen on stage.
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I don't know anything about the Appalachian mountains or cowboys and Indians or anything. I just made it up.
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You want to know what scares people? Success.
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You know, there's a right and wrong way to do everything.
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When I see something, I know why something's funny or seems to be funny. But in the end it's just another picture as far as I'm concerned.
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Bound as our lives are to the tyranny of time, it is through what we know of history that we are delivered from our bonds and escape - into time.
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All my life, I've been trying to make a hole-in-one. The closest I've come is a bogey.
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A great many people do not have the right to their own opinion because they don't know what they are talking about.
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The bark on the tree was just a little softer.
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How can I know who's PM or in government in Sweden? It's been 40 years since I moved abroad! Oh!
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I was making love to a man, a man I hardly even know. He was kissing the face off me and I was kissing the face off him. And I found it highly satisfactory.
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I'm in a really good place. I used to be a right worrier, but being in a settled relationship has made a massive difference. I was on my own for three years before meeting David. I'm very happy with him, he's a fantastic man. But you never know what's around the corner, so you just hope for the best.
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Some men are like oak leaves -- they don't know when they're dead, but still hang right on; and there are others who let go before anything has really touched them.
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I am hoping that, with the added wisdom of old age, I can still look ahead for an improvement in tone, line, colour and composition.
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Time and space are modes by which we think and not conditions in which we live.
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If I were to speak of war, it would not be to show you the glories of conquering armies but the mischief and misery they strew in their tracks; and how, while they marched on with tread of iron and plumes proudly tossing in the breeze, some one must follow closely in their steps, crouching to the earth, toiling in the rain and darkness, shelterless themselves, with no thought of pride or glory, fame or praise, or reward; hearts breaking with pity, faces bathed in tears and hands in blood. This is the side which history never shows.
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Governance can dig itself into a huge hole and not even know it's in there.
