Wole Soyinka Quotes
To achieve any change in the minds of the youth, there must be reorientation in terms of materialistic tendencies, corruption and crime generally.
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For my film 'Fashion,' like an investigative journalist, I went about knowing the people, the models, the fashion designers. Similarly with the corporate world.
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I've leased the apartment; my partner is going to come out here. But we're keeping our house in Chicago because real estate is a really good investment and also because it is just crammed with full of stuff!
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Homophobia is rampant in soccer, probably more so than in any other sport. I'm not sure why.
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When you write, you don't have the social constraints of having people in front of you, so you talk about abstract matters.
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Metaphysics is a dark ocean without shores or lighthouse, strewn with many a philosophic wreck.
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Hip-hop is making a lot of noise. It should get some more spotlight.
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As an actress, vanity is your enemy. If you're thinking about how you look, you're not going to give a good performance. Once I realized, 'Hmm, I guess I'm not that vain,' it's like something I wanted to protect. I can't imagine anyone could give the full dynamic performance they're capable of and still be vain.
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I haven't been to a movie since somebody gave me free tickets to Star Wars, which I went to.
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I have been celibate for about six or seven months, I think. I would rather just make out and kiss someone instead of sex. I'm single. I said I would be single for a year and I am.
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Fracking is an incredible risk to the human race, I don't know why they even thought of doing it.
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I think American audiences like gangster movies. You know, it's part of the culture.
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Wherever the relevance of speech is at stake, matters become political by definition, for speech is what makes man a political being.
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So the search for a father in Central Station is also a search for a country.
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Yes, I help my kids with their homework. But I also get bored doing it. I will sit and listen to my children pontificate and discuss their ideas till the day is long because it warms my heart, but I really don't want to do math!
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Fabo is a real rock star, but people look over it, so I'll try to bring it to the light if I can.
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For me, insomnia was something ordinary, and it came and went for ordinary reasons.
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Well, you know, it's fun to sign autographs still for me. I don't sign that many.
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The artist must train not only his eye but also his soul.
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People ask why I always play crazy people and free spirits. I guess it is because I like to have fun. But I am more ambitious than your average free spirit. This job is hard enough that, without drive and hard work, you will never make it work.
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President Obama was never going repeal Obamacare - he was not going to be brought to his knees with the threat of a government shutdown.
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It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.
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I like the unreality of your mind; the whole thing is very splendid and voluptuous and absurd.
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To achieve any change in the minds of the youth, there must be reorientation in terms of materialistic tendencies, corruption and crime generally.
