Wole Soyinka Quotes
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Once I turned pro, I was like,' OK, this is not fun and games now. This is me. I'm going to come, and I work on karma. I'm not going to go after somebody if I don't have a reason behind it, so as soon as there is some sort of a reason for me to do something that I need to do, then I'll do it.'
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We are shallow because we have become enslaved by gross materialism, the glitter of gold and its equivalents, for which reason we think that only the material goods of this earth can satisfy us and we must therefore grab as much as can while we are able.
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'Twilight' fans are different. They're very civil with one another. It's a respect because they're all in this together and they all appreciate the same things.
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I find the world pretty overwhelming, so I'm getting into meditation and doing lots of yoga. And I love my garden, and I love nature, and I feel like that grounds me and keeps my mind clear.
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I move around, like a true Kazakh nomad.
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Seeing how easy it has been to use Twitter for good has exposed the double-edged sword of how easy it could be to co-opt.
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But I love the hot sweat. I think overheating onstage is invigorating. It's better than being comfortable. I think being comfortable is the death of a show.
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Once you start to try and calculate why you were cast and why you weren't, you get in trouble.
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Sometimes I feel it would be nice to have a bit more privacy.
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I can imagine it's hard to make a relationship last. I wouldn't know.
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Melody and harmony are like lines and colors in pictures. A simple linear picture may be completely beautiful; the introduction of color may make it vague and insignificant. Yet color may, by combination with lines, create great pictures, so long as it does not smother and destroy their value.
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Our sympathy is cold to the relation of distant misery.
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'What is the secret of your serenity? Said the Master 'Wholehearted cooperation with the inevitable.'
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Credit is an 'I love debt' score.
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In general, you don't want competitors to understand your business outside of telling people your revenue and profitability numbers.
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The idea of trying to predict what people will or won't respond to is risky.
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Architecture is inhabited sculpture.
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One thing I've always liked about the military is there's a certain amount of pragmatism.
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This is what makes sports so amazing, that we can start a discussion around a table, in the newspaper, in the magazines, that will get people's attention. And that's what sports does.
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Of all the excellent copyedits I've received over the years, Marie-Lynn Hammond's was by far the best. Her work on Half Blood Blues was incredibly sensitive and astute.
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The only weights I lift are my dogs.
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In suggesting gifts: Money is appropriate, and one size fits all.
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I can look violence in the face and either reject or accept it.
