Wole Soyinka Quotes
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In some countries, no one knows who Idris Elba is.
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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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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'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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You think you know me just because you know my name, think you've seen me 'cause you've seen every line on my face.
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Hold your own. Know your name. And go your own way. And everything will be fine.
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From the point of view of literature Mr. Kipling is a genius who drops his aspirates. From the point of view of life, he is a reporter who knows vulgarity better than any one has ever known it.
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When I'm up there, and I know the show's coming to a close, in my head I'm saying to myself, Oh man, you gotta get off and be a normal person again. That's what I don't like so much.
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It's okay,' you know? It's okay to be you. It's okay to just not be okay. It's okay to not be okay.
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What shall one do with the verse, if he knows not That?
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We decided to take our best shot and go at them. We didn't want to lose a Super Bowl by not being tough enough.
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We need to send a clear message to gang members that violent crime will not be tolerated.
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Governance can dig itself into a huge hole and not even know it's in there.
