Wole Soyinka Quotes
I found, when I left, that there were others who felt the same way. We'd meet, they'd come and seek me out, we'd talk about the future. And I found that their depression and pessimism was every bit as acute as mine.
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We want a story that starts out with an earthquake and works its way up to a climax.
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We would be able to deal with Islam if we were allowed to deal with it in the way we think we should.
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I'm usually late to the game on shows and watch them after they've aired. But I love 'House of Cards,' 'The Killing,' 'Orange Is the New Black,' loved 'True Detective,' and 'Arrested Development' when it was on. Also 'The Wire,' though I was way late to the game on that.
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I'm a religious man. I pray for Milky Way.
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I made my money in an honest way. And I have declared it all. By co-founding Infosys along with Mr. Murthy and others, I earned financially.
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I guess I'm kind of used to it because it's always been that way for me.
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As is always the way with pancakes, the first hotcake to come out of the pan will probably be a bit misshapen. Just scoff it, and carry on with the rest.
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Commercialism isn't challenging creatively; it's only challenging in a stamina way.
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Every individual has his own style, his own way of presenting himself on and off the field.
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When 'Romeo and Juliet' came along, I fell in love with the way that it was written and how innocent and vulnerable it was and how different it was from 'True Grit.' I really liked that.
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For me it's a simple sport and a simple way to live these seven or eight years of maximum sport.
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I found that women entrepreneurs earn 50% less than their male counterparts.
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I worked my way up in the private sector and implemented Georgia's tough voter ID law.
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I have found, unfortunately, that if I take on too many projects at one time, there is a higher probability of those projects sucking.
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One of my favorite cartoon characters is Snoopy. I love the way he sits and lies on his kennel and contemplates the great things of life.
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When a person is found not guilty, they're found not guilty.
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One of the magical things about Nashville is just how many incredibly talented people are here and the way they support each other.
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When I was fourteen years old, our family drove all the way from Vancouver to Newfoundland and back. I've been all across the great land of Canada. I absolutely love the Maritimes, and I'm very excited to go back, particularly in the fall when it's one of the most beautiful places on Earth.
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If you are worried about the risk to your reputation, you don't launch a telecoms firm in an aggressive way.
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Stories come and go. The challenge is to frame the questions that voters will be asking on polling day, such as who has avoided a global depression and worked here to deliver jobs.
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Don't shut love out of your life by saying it's impossible to find time. The quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to hold it too tightly; and the best way to keep love is to give it wings.
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But the most obvious fact about praise — whether of God or anything — strangely escaped me. I thought of it in terms of compliment, approval, or the giving of honor. I had never noticed that all enjoyment spontaneously overflows into praise unless (sometimes even if) shyness or the fear of boring others is deliberately brought in to check it.
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I found, when I left, that there were others who felt the same way. We'd meet, they'd come and seek me out, we'd talk about the future. And I found that their depression and pessimism was every bit as acute as mine.
