Wole Soyinka Quotes
No man beholds his mother's womb Yet who denies it's there? Coiled To the navel of the world is that Endless cord that links us all To the great Origin. If I lose my way. The trailing cord will bring me to the roots.
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Whenever there were parties, I wasn't invited because I began to be like that character. In a way, that contributed to the success of the performance.
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I don't mind you thinking I'm stupid, but don't talk to me like I'm stupid.
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In my opinion, all relationships between people have some sort of violence, and it is central.
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Our approach to banking is very different from the traditional banks or even some of the new banks. We do not necessarily go out and write single-cheque, large-ticket loans.
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It's really important to find something you really enjoy - something you can focus on and be good at.
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The Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center serves as a poignant reminder of our past and a trusted source of education for schoolchildren, community members, and visitors from across the country.
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I use to live on this street when I was a kid where there was an old person retirement home, and all of the old people would listen to that band Herman's Hermits, and they would wear white nursing shoes. And they would throw away stacks of VHS tapes, and I would go through the trash and take them.
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I think that people are most comfortable when they can put you in a box - and that's very easy to do that when someone can put you in more serious roles. I'm not blaming them for that - it's just up to me to show people what I can do.
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I used to be fast and loose with the term 'country' because I didn't know what else to call my music. I still don't.
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You don't know where life takes you.
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According to the American Heart Association, the prevalence of hypertension in African Americans in the United States is among the highest in the world.
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I suppose where I am sort of reflects the work I have chosen to do. Are there occasional frustrations because I can't work with a certain director because it's a big studio movie, and I don't have enough of a studio profile? The answer is yes. But generall... generally, I have the career I have chosen myself.
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People sometimes say it takes a long time to become a jazz fan, but for me it took about five seconds.
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I'm admittedly not that into the Internet.
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To resolve problems through negotiation is a very childish approach.
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People forget that although we can pinpoint the price, we can only guess at future earnings. The past isn't much help: It simply tells whether a market was pricey or cheap.
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Sometimes I want to party, sometimes I want to fight and sometimes I want to cry.
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I'm not a wushu champion. I was an athlete when I was a kid. I was a swimmer and a runner, but all this action stuff is such a challenge. It really, really is.
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I don't think it would be a good idea for scientists to have more political power. Scientists as a group are more inclined to try to derive an ought from an is, than the population at large.
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I think my style revolves around the philosophy that less is more, that simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. That goes for my taste in design and in clothes, and even affects the way I approach music. I'm all about keeping things simple, and minimal, but being able to convey something powerful through that approach.
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He is specially deserving of our hatred, in that being wicked he has all the outward signs of virtue.
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This country cannot afford the deceptive luxury of waging defensive warfare.
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I don't really like to sit around the house listening to my own records. They're not that good.
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No man beholds his mother's womb Yet who denies it's there? Coiled To the navel of the world is that Endless cord that links us all To the great Origin. If I lose my way. The trailing cord will bring me to the roots.
