Wole Soyinka Quotes
Writers who open up horizons for other people are performing a function every bit as important as a consciously politicized writer.
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Devout Anatolian masses rising from poverty have transformed Turkey politically and economically.
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Girls love guys who dance, and I'm definitely going to be the first one on the dance floor. Usually, you just see guys sitting around, but I definitely don't hold back when it comes to dancing.
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One of the things that's really, really present in 'Between the World and Me' is, I am in some ways outside of the African-American tradition.
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Voting to go on strike is not a decision working people take lightly and is always accompanied by a strong sense of injustice at work. The impact of losing a day's pay is significant, not least for those in the lowest paid jobs who are already on the tightest budgets.
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My dad read the Bible ten times, and I want to do it in my lifetime. But it's definitely tough getting through.
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Somebody has to look out for and protect our kids, and I feel blessed to be a blessing to someone else.
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Economic, social, and other kinds of regional cooperation are not possible so long as there is apartheid. Therefore, it seems the duty of all mankind to destroy it.
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Bowie's been a huge influence on me.
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I have teenagers, so I listen to a lot of music. They turn me on to great music.
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The Internet has created an incredible democratization of the architecture industry.
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Forgiveness is the remission of sins. For it is by this that what has been lost, and was found, is saved from being lost again.
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I would disagree that America is any more racist or ridiculous than anywhere else.
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American influence is not what it used to be.
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If you bleed Black Label and you're going to be a man, you gotta get up there and do what you gotta do every day, relentless and as tired as you can be.
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There is no question that religions have historically played the role of making people contented with their lot. ...such a doctrine would be very appealing to the ruling classes of a society. ...Many societies, for this reason alone, encourage the contentment with your lot that the religious premise of heaven affords.
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The lower income individuals, under any Republican proposal, at least that I have seen, are real losers in the framework because there is not enough subsidy, not enough assistance, for them to realistically participate in the market. Particularly if you halt or rollback the Medicaid expansion, which is for the lowest income workers.
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I've done a lot of different kinds of things, so different people remember me for different things.
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Growth in the Chinese automobile market has exceeded everyone's expectations.
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Everything you do is different, and you find different chords in every character that you play that strike true with you.
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I suppose there are actors who are worried about their public image. But I've never had any trouble playing unpleasant characters. It is only a part. Which is why you do it -because you are interested in exploring something you never could or would be.
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Consistent achievement happens only if you love what you are doing.
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To be the most successful male from 'The X Factor' is a big achievement, and I'm chuffed with that.
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Writers who open up horizons for other people are performing a function every bit as important as a consciously politicized writer.
