Wole Soyinka Quotes

As I grew older and more mature, I've been able to move beyond the immediate response of violence to a projection of the pragmatic, political consequences of that violence. So it's an effort to attain equilibrium.

Wole Soyinka

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• I am big believer that increase the size of the cake is as at least as important as distribution of the cake. To increase the size of the cake, you need to focus on progress.

  

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• Practical wisdom is what's called for in situations that have a moral dimension to them.

  

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• It was a movement that had all the art critics, all the museum directors in its thrall.

  

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• For me, 'Atmosphere' was more about looking inwards and reaching out to people close to me. To emphasize the fact that I'm singing on the first single, this album is really more about me and songs that I've written instead of collaborating with people.

  

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• Nancy Reagan was a perfectionist, and I am not.

  

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• Underneath this flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.

  

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• My parents are overweight, and I think the biggest problem we have in America is a lack of education. The place to start is with parents and teaching them to cook healthier.

  

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• A lot of people think I had such a rosy career, but I wanted to identify that one of the things that helps you have a long career is learning how to deal with adversity, how to get past it. Once I learned how to get through that, others things didn't seem so hard.

  

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• If people think I look good, it's the make-up.

  

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• I wrote 'Fight Song' as this declaration to believe in myself, and that is similar to what you are taught to believe in Girl Scouts. Building confidence. Building character. And above all else, being there for each other as a community.

  

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• So, it's a very, you know - maybe we're wrong in - you know, we go around thinking the innovator is the person who's first to kind of conceive of something. And maybe the innovation process continues down the line to the second and the third and the fourth entrant into a field.

  

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• Ding-dong, the wicked witch is dead.

  

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• Self-justification is a treacherous servant.

  

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• Where doth the world thrust forth a vanity- * * * * * *That is not quickly buzz'd into his ears?

  

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• The theory of population genetics and experiments on other organisms show that substantial changes can occur in the span of less than 100 generations, which for man reaches back to the time of the Roman Empire.

  

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• 'What is the secret of your serenity? Said the Master 'Wholehearted cooperation with the inevitable.'

  

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• Riding through the city on my bike all day Cause the filth took away my license It doesn't get me down and I feel OK Cause the sights that I'm seeing are pricelessEverything seems to look as it shouldBut I wonder what goes on behind doorsA fella looking dapper, but he's sitting with a slapperThen I see it's a pimp and his crack whore.

  

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• I still have the art projects my kids made for me 20 years ago. I cherish them, crude and silly as some of them may be.

  

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• Are there other people who, when watching a documentary set in a prison, secretly think, as I have, 'Wish I had all that time to read'?

  

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• Economic and health statistics, as well as police-violence statistics, shed light on the pressures on American Indian communities and individuals: Indian youths have the highest suicide rate of any United States ethnic group.

  

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• I would like to have a rematch against Fabricio Werdum.

  

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• When you write about sports, you're allowed to engage in mischief. Nothing is at stake.

  

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• As I grew older and more mature, I've been able to move beyond the immediate response of violence to a projection of the pragmatic, political consequences of that violence. So it's an effort to attain equilibrium.

  

  Wole Soyinka
  • Political
  • Moving
  • Violence