Wole Soyinka Quotes
There is not a special imposition on writers to be activists. All that does is encourage writers to write propaganda.
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There's millions of gay people in the world. In 2011, you've got to hide that you're gay? Like, you know what I'm saying? Like, be real.
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When I'm making music, I can hear all the parts, all the instruments. I can hear what it should be.
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It is one thing to go on stage and be funny or be in a good place in your career, but for a woman, actually facing the elements in a physical way is a very powerful thing.
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I don't have kids, but I know that you want them to follow their dreams, while at the same time, you don't want them to be sitting around, hoping that dream is just going to come. I'm sure that's hard to tell your kids.
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The only shoes that look futuristic are Crocs, but they would be terrible to use in a futuristic movie.
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We - we spend a lot of time, scholarly time, thinking about love and sex, but very little about the - the kind of joy that can take over a crowd of people or a group of people, in festivity, in ecstatic ritual of some kind, in celebration.
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Look back, and smile on perils past.
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I'd rather be just a Korean musician as opposed to, you know, a K-Pop musician.
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We are convinced of the fundamental unity of the human family.
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I was just lucky I lived in this time of mass-market paperbacks.
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I guess I don't have a proper perspective on my fame; if I did, I don't think I'd like it.
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It just seems to be a human trait to want to protect the speech of people with whom we agree. For the First Amendment, that is not good enough. So it is really important that we protect First Amendment rights of people no matter what side of the line they are on.
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Satire is a form of social control, it's what you do. It's not personal. It's a job.
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The song that's affected me the most profoundly is probably Michael Jackson's 'Thriller,' or, more specifically, the couple seconds of instrumental break before Vincent Price starts 'rapping.'
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Because we've never encountered a decomposing body, we can only assume they are out to get us. It is no wonder there is a cultural fascination with zombies.
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I probably dreamt about running off to America or something when I was 16 because it just seemed like I was studying algebra and going, 'What am I going to use this for?'
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Not to sound too much like Christopher Guest in 'Waiting for Guffman,' but on Thanksgiving you're putting on a show!
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I did not think I would be able to do myself justice if I had to speak to the players in English. I would not be able to get my emotions and feelings across.
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I've always been a fan of science fiction.
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“War, once declared, must be waged offensively, aggressively. The enemy must not be fended off; but smitten down. You may then spare him every exaction, relinquish every gain, but „til then he must be struck incessantly and remorselessly.”
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Northwest Ohio is flat. There isn't much up. The land is so flat that a child from Toledo is under the impression that the direction hills go is down. Sledding is done down from street level into creek beds and road cuts.
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If you live long enough, you get accused of things you never did and praised for virtues you never had.
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It provides a different type of element and mental strain athletes love. That's what makes the game of golf so special.
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There is not a special imposition on writers to be activists. All that does is encourage writers to write propaganda.
