Wole Soyinka Quotes
I happen to be unfortunately temperamental. No, my temperament is also, what you describe to rainfalls, the will of society, to combat a number of contradictions. That happens to be my creative temperament.
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I'm not going to roll back anything. Nothing is going to change with respect to reproductive rights.
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Decision – making is very scary for me.
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Islam is antiauthoritarian, sex-positive monotheism.
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You don't have to be something to do something.
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If someone says, 'I love that lipstick,' I will always try to answer, honestly, if I know what color it is. It's a connective tissue.
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In grownups, mercury can cause memory loss, tremors, vision loss and numbness of the fingers and toes. It can also adversely affect fertility and blood pressure regulation, and a growing body of evidence suggests that exposure to mercury may lead to heart disease.
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There wasn't really a song or artist that made me want to be a singer, I think I was always a fan of country music.
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I've got to be honest, there's no pleasure when you're working.
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I get people being frightened of me. One time I did this photo shoot where I had hairy armpits – I was really digging it, but they were like, 'We'll airbrush that out.'
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I love painting so much that nothing else matters.
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What used to drive me was the fact that I wanted to be better than everybody at something. One of my best qualities is that I used whatever other people found to be an adverse thing to be a positive thing for myself.
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When you're trying to paint a portrait of a very specific world, you're trying to show what makes the world different. So, sometimes it means exaggerating certain kind of aspects, but I don't think it's that important or it's that much of an issue as long as you get an emotional truth across.
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I was in an awful lot of trouble in Hollywood.
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A consensus means that everyone agrees to say collectively what no one believes individually.
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People look at me, they know I've appeared in costume dramas and they automatically assume I must be a Tory, I must be a certain type of person.
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Many traditions date the existence of angels and demons from a remote period before the creation of the world, but some connect the fall of Satan and his host with the creation of man.
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If you're the Olympic champion then they have to wait four more years to get you again.
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I go through periods where I don't really care what I look like, because I feel more focused on the work that I'm doing, and I don't want to think about it. And then sometimes it feels like the biggest part of my day is getting dressed.
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I'm not terribly confrontational, but I've gotten better at holding my ground.
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My wife will tell you that if you feel my hands before I walk on for a performance, you could chill a bottle of wine.
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I happen to be unfortunately temperamental. No, my temperament is also, what you describe to rainfalls, the will of society, to combat a number of contradictions. That happens to be my creative temperament.
