Wole Soyinka Quotes
When a leader encourages the culture of impunity, the society is lost and it makes the work harder for the rest of us.
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Shareholders need to have a real interest in the companies they own. Too many are simply too busy - they are asleep at the wheel.
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To me, eyewear goes way beyond being a prescription. It's like makeup. It's the most incredible accessory. The shape of a frame or the color of lenses can change your whole appearance.
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I had a sense of what leadership meant and what it could do for you. So am I surprised that I am sitting up here on the 62nd floor of Rockefeller Plaza? No.
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I challenged things that needed to be challenged at Purdue.
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I shop at a lot of vintage stores because the prices are amazing, and I love the idea that there's a history behind the piece I'm wearing.
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If it is true that we have a personal relationship with God, then that's enough for me.
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I'd rather be dealt with as a person than a persona.
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The culinary tradition in my family is very strong. My mother, a very wise woman, spent the better part of her life in a kitchen. It's a very strong part of her identity. I grew up there next to the fire.
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When I saw rappers in the '90s cameo in films - all of those '90s rappers - it seemed like whenever you chucked a rapper in a film, they could just act. It seemed like all rappers could act.
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You don't realize how much you use your credit card not even to buy things. It's a card you get so you can navigate society.
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The South is brutalized to a degree not realized by its own inhabitants, and the very foundation of government, law and order, are imperilled.
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Prior to 2001, hardly any company in North America or Europe would buy from India.
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I'm, like, everybody's friend. I'm one of those dudes. I can be friends with anybody. Any race of person, any personality, I can kind of deal with them. I accept different types of people.
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We have about 4 million people who have voted for who they want to see in the Hall of Fame. There are some people they put down that are pretty good players. You have Ray Guy, Jim Plunkett, Lester Hayes and Donnie Shell.
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I did not stop dancing; I did take two years off to get myself together.
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The goal of the government is to guarantee the place of Greece in the eurozone against those who want to undermine it.
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Now, if the ignorance of nature gave birth to Gods, the knowledge of nature is calculated to destroy them.
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High IQ individuals don't like surprises and are pessimistic, because it's logical.
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He felt he had lost it for good, he knew what it was to have been in communication with her, and to be cast off again. In misery, his heart like a heavy stone, he went about unliving.
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'I am a material to be used that will not cost you any money. I am afraid to collect money from you because if I collect it, it will affect the gift and grace of God in my life.'
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When I got into the sport I was so fat that my manager said he should send me to boot camp to lose the weight!
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All great art is the expression of man's delight in God's work, not his own.
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When a leader encourages the culture of impunity, the society is lost and it makes the work harder for the rest of us.
