Wole Soyinka Quotes
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I was brought up with beautiful music - Nat King Cole and Glen Miller from my dad, and my mum loved Judy Garland and Doris Day - brilliant stuff. Through my brothers and sisters I heard David Bowie and The Specials, The Carpenters, Meatloaf and The Rolling Stones.
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All fashion brands are about looking good. Being Human is also about doing good. And you can do good by the simple act of slipping into a t-shirt or a pair of jeans.
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Some people collect vintage cars, I collect Birkins. The leather ones are £20,000.
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I love dessert. All kinds. But there's something about ice cream that makes me happy. I am drawn to its simplicity. I am perplexed by the endless supply of constantly growing flavor options. And I am always in the mood for sprinkles and a sugar cone.
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The dove act? I'm still working on it. I don't think it's perfect yet. I got my first pair of doves when I was 14 years old. That was the beginning of the formation of that act. So it's been 24 years now that I've been working on it.
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Hemingway was a jerk.
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So far, Vancouver is my favorite relocation city. It feels like home. Parts of it remind me of the east coast. It's very clean. The food is great. And the people are lovely. Not that I didn't love working in other glamorous locations like Downey, Detroit, Cleveland or Bulgaria... but, damn, it is fun to be Canadian.
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There are a number of mechanical devices which increase sexual arousal, particularly in women. Chief among these is the Mercedes-Benz 380SL convertible.
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A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before.
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So, I understand when they make a mistake and everyone at home is throwing their shoe at the television set.
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If you are in business, you are not enjoying. You are working.
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ISIS is on the offense, with the ability to attack at will, anyplace, anytime.
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I am happy to say that everyone that I have met in my life, I have gained something from them; be it negative or positive, it has enforced and reinforced my life in some aspect.
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The FA Cup for all the fans does mean something special.
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When God created you, He went to great lengths to make you exactly the way He wanted you to be. You are His ultimate work of art.
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I think whenever you love something or somebody it means that you have to extend yourself, you have to grow - get a little larger. You can't stay in your little comfortable - spot.
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I just got sick of not being able to raise money for a movie - that's what happens, so I just made my own.
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For the most part, editors no longer view 'Doonesbury' as a rolling provocation, which is fine by me. It makes no sense to intentionally antagonize the very people on whose support you most depend.
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The more often he feels without acting, the less he will be able ever to act, and, in the long run, the less he will be able to feel.
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We fitted together like the two halves of an oyster-shell. I was Narcissus, embracing the pond in which I was about to drown. However much we had to hide our love, however guarded we had to be about our pleasure, I could not long be miserable about a thing so very sweet. Nor, in my gladness, could I quite believe that anybody would be anything but happy for me if only they knew.
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I don't watch my films. I've seen 'em enough after cutting them and putting the music on. I don't ever want to see them again.
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My genre-hopping has caused problems with marketing and sales departments over the years, because they need to know where to position a book with the booksellers.
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Death cancels everything but truth; and strips a man of everything but genius and virtue. It is a sort of natural canonization.
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The man dies in all those that keep silent.
