Wole Soyinka Quotes
How do I feel when I am invited to a congregation of scientists? I feel quite at home. When they break into their cultic scientific argot, I know when I'm not wanted and step out for a drink.Wole Soyinka
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I always knew I would make the record that I made in 'Carter Girl.'
Carlene Carter -
We as women have a voice and we are decision makers in what film to see. We always support our boyfriends and husbands by going to see the male dominated films, but we don't compel them to see films with female casts.
Octavia Spencer -
A lot of people go in and have to create their own characters, and they do fine with it.
D. B. Weiss -
It is not the punishment but the cause that makes the martyr.
Saint Augustine -
I still have my original social security card signed when I was 13.
Vernon L. Smith -
Don't underlook the Sixties; we started eating more vegetables, respecting women, and we shut down Vietnam. We did a lot of good stuff. But it shouldn't shut you down from the moment.
Wavy Gravy
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An individual voice can be heard in a choir that otherwise sings in unison. This is something that is not excused.
Tahar Ben Jelloun -
No individual, regardless of where they live or whom they love, should suffer discrimination.
Kate Brown -
I believe in working with the hearts of people, and not locking them up.
Pat Robertson -
I played soccer when I was a kid. I started when I was 8 and played for 8 more years. I was pretty good. I used to train with Atletico Nacional, which is one of the most important teams in Colombia. I used to train every day.
Maluma -
I wouldn't say that I am one of the greatest dancers, but I am really quite good at what I do.
Lady Gaga -
My husband and I have been involved with foster youth since our early 20s. Right out of college and not yet married, we spent weekends mentoring a family of young girls.
Vanessa Diffenbaugh
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When I was young I used to listen to other people and to try and understand what they thought and where they were coming from. I listened and didn't speak.
Malala Yousafzai -
We do need different types of propulsion to get to Mars. I wrote one of the first Ph.D. theses on that in the 1960s.
Edgar Mitchell -
Sometimes, promoting economic development means accepting the Herculean task of moving and modernizing a prison.
Gary Herbert -
I have met many people, and everyone's impression of me is based on my career.
Uday Kiran -
L'imitazione del male supera sempre l'esempio; comme per il contrario, l'imitazione del bene è sempre inferiore.
Francesco Guicciardini -
O Woman, you are not merely the handiwork of God, but also of men; these are ever endowing you with beauty from their own hearts … You are one-half woman and one-half dream.
Rabindranath Tagore
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Our life is just a bird, which flies into illuminated window, and then flies away, again, into the darkness
Conn Iggulden -
Sometimes in politics and even in life you need to take the tough and difficult decisions which you know would be good for you and the country in the medium and long term
Najib Razak -
It's not just about the current economic environment. History shows that slashing budgets always leads to recession.
Ha-Joon Chang -
I think very few people do find a relationship where, every moment of every day, everything they do comes together. That's why, in a nutshell, everyone loved Barbara in 'The Good Life.' She was the perfect partner. It was a formula. She wasn't glamorous. She wasn't clever. But she was a good partner. That's too easy, too perfect.
Felicity Kendal -
All craftsmen share a knowledge. They have heldReality down fluttering to a bench.
Vita Sackville-West -
How do I feel when I am invited to a congregation of scientists? I feel quite at home. When they break into their cultic scientific argot, I know when I'm not wanted and step out for a drink.
Wole Soyinka