Wole Soyinka Quotes
I began writing early - very, very early... I was already writing short stories for the radio and selling poems to poetry and art festivals; I was involved in school plays; I wrote essays, so there was no definite moment when I said, 'Now I'm a writer.' I've always been a writer.
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I learned more about myself by being an RN than anything else I've ever done.
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The idea of going on tour for the rest of my life with old works is not that exciting. As an artist I definitely think the work in future is going to be better than the work in the past, otherwise why do it?
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In Shakespeare, unique individuals repudiate the stereotypes demanded by the structure of the play: Shylock commands our sympathy, Barnardine refuses to be hanged. Individuals trump the category.
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I am not going to talk about my personal life anymore. You have to learn that lesson sometime.
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The reason why so few good books are written is that so few people who can write know anything.
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To build a great company, which is a CEO's job, sometimes you have to stand up against conventional wisdom.
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My workouts include aerobic exercise for a healthy cardiovascular system; strength training to maintain muscle tone and bone density; core strength exercise for a stable mid-section; and stretching to maintain mobility.
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The problem with binge-watching on Netflix is that you lose three days of your life.
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Stay away from drugs. They're not worth it. I've tried, but there's none of them that's worth it.
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As we have more women in power, so the plays and the TV dramas are reflecting what's happening.
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Political ideology can corrupt the mind, and science.
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I won't be making any friends in the corporate suites.
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A 'Friends' shoot night could extend well into the small hours of the morning.
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My first concert was 'Nsync.
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I started playing around with GoPros on my own to get some cool footage. But it's actually become a big training tool for my team and me.
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Lenin was the first to discover that capitalism 'inevitably' caused war; and he discovered this only when the First World War was already being fought. Of course he was right. Since every great state was capitalist in 1914.
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Women should not be forced to accept sexual harassment as the price of admission to a life and career in the political world. They should not have to endure unwanted touching, innuendo, and propositioning from men in positions of power.
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I am human like everyone else. I am aware that there are people who look up to me. When mistakes are made, they aren't intentional, and I constantly push myself to be a better person.
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Oh, things are frequently what they seem,And this is wisdom's crown:Only the game fish swims upstream,But the sensible fish swims down.
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Everybody can draw, in my estimation. If you give a man 50 years, he'll come up with the Mona Lisa.
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I was 19 years old, pumping gas and going nowhere. I was kind of a high school dropout at that point because I had left school to play hockey, but no one drafted me.
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The one question, the one principle, the one crisis in art of the twentieth century centers in the uncompromising 'purity' of art, and in the consciousness that art comes from art only, not from anything else.
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Writing is how I stay sane. It's completely necessary.
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I began writing early - very, very early... I was already writing short stories for the radio and selling poems to poetry and art festivals; I was involved in school plays; I wrote essays, so there was no definite moment when I said, 'Now I'm a writer.' I've always been a writer.
