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.
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I write 'Broad City,' so I connect it to me.
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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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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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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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If I had known what it would be like to have it all... I might have been willing to settle for less.
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You must be afraid, my son. That is how one becomes an honest citizen.
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A veces, de noche, enciendo una luz, para no ver.
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I feel like when it comes to the models, certain models are now like commodities in certain ways.
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You won't really get a lot of the mainstream, lovey-dovey side because that wasn't a part of my life in the beginning.
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I own stock, and I also insure my car with Geico.
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Most of the time when I receive a script, it says something like 'Rosenberg is the fat, slovenly Mayor, who doesn't want the kids to use the Skateboard Park', or 'Stein is a pompous, rotund attorney, imposing to all.' It would be so freeing to get a script where my character is simply described as 'A Man.'
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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.
