Wole Soyinka Quotes
I think Nigerians got it wrong from independence as people became so conscious of the divisions because we wanted so much to satisfy the plurality of interests. I will say, we neglected the importance of real value, human value and the quality of potential in human beings and we contrived phrases like geographical spread, regional quota, etc and allowed mediocrity to reign. I think that is the problem that we are dealing with till today.Wole Soyinka
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Wine makes a man more pleased with himself; I do not say it makes him more pleasing to others.
Samuel Johnson -
I'm old enough to remember the end of World War II. On Aug. 14, 1946, a year after the Japanese were defeated, most newspapers and magazines had single articles commemorating the end of the war.
Harry Browne -
When I sit down with my notebook, when I start scribbling words across the page, I find out what I'm feeling.
Dani Shapiro -
I'm excited that I get to do what I love, and I'm benefiting through projects that speak to me.
Octavia Spencer -
We are not a TV station that only concentrate on those who are always under light. We are not a TV station for celebrities and for grand politicians and superstars. We are a TV station for the ordinary person. The normal people, ordinary people in the Arab world sees Al Jazeera as their voice.
Wadah Khanfar -
I think I became a Catholic to annoy my father.
A. N. Wilson
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The E.U. can deliver on its citizens' needs and make its partnerships work only if we all act together - E.U. institutions and national governments, at all levels, united.
Federica Mogherini -
Many children make up, or begin to make up, imaginary languages. I have been at it since I could write.
J. R. R. Tolkien -
What is the meaning of the togetherness of the perceiving mind, in that peculiar modification of perceiving which makes it perceive not a star but a tree, and the tree itself, is a problem for philosophy.
Samuel Alexander -
You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips.
Oliver Goldsmith -
I just love to see people having a good time.
Garth Brooks -
In the days of Caesar, kings had fools and jesters. Now network presidents have anchormen.
Ted Koppel
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I know that you can only keep a secret a secret for so long.
Katee Sackhoff -
No, I never thought I would like cats.
Karl Lagerfeld -
Even such is time, that takes in trustOur youth, our joys, our all we have,And pays us but with age and dust;Who in the dark and silent grave,When we have wandered all our ways,Shuts up the story of our days.But from this earth, this grave, this dust,My God shall raise me up, I trust!
Walter Raleigh -
It was at St. Mary’s that I met and learned to love the greatest man I’ve ever known. His name was Brother Matthias. He was the father I needed. He taught me to read and write - and he taught me the difference between right and wrong.
Babe Ruth -
If I believe that I am right, I will take it to the end of the earth until I am proven right.
Bill Ackman -
People need to understand: Businesses are going to make mistakes. They shouldn't be shot and hung every time.
Jamie Dimon
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Being in this business and surviving day-to-day can be a constant struggle. It's about learning how to be your own super hero, put on your own cape, and be a well-rounded individual.
Karen Civil -
An accent like mine and a face like mine, I think a lot of the time it's easy for casting directors to just stick me in as a bad boy, but 'Being Human' took a risk on me - bless 'em - and I'm not that bad boy no more.
Michael Socha -
Once people see you pulling off one role, they think you're a safe bet to do a similar role.
Margot Robbie -
The precise statement of any problem is the most important step in its solution.
Ed Bliss -
I think N.Y.C. definitely had something to do with my figuring out my life path.
T Cooper -
I think Nigerians got it wrong from independence as people became so conscious of the divisions because we wanted so much to satisfy the plurality of interests. I will say, we neglected the importance of real value, human value and the quality of potential in human beings and we contrived phrases like geographical spread, regional quota, etc and allowed mediocrity to reign. I think that is the problem that we are dealing with till today.
Wole Soyinka