Warsan Shire Quotes
It's not my responsibility to be beautiful. I'm not alive for that purpose. My existence is not about how desirable you find me.
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Irrespective of any political party, I am a supporter of good people who want to do something for the society.
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You can take things that Jimi Hendrix took, from Curtis Mayfield or from Buddy Guy for example, because we are all children of everything, even Picasso. But if you want to stand out, you have to learn to crystallize your existence and create your own fingerprints.
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The essence of the beautiful is unity in variety.
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What really matters is what's on the inside.
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First of all my real full name is Lloyd Vernet Bridges III.
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What a blessed thing it is, that Nature, when she invented, manufactured, and patented her authors, contrived to make critics out of the chips that were left!
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Silk Road to Ruin has all the analysis and it's structured very well. I rely on my notes more and I use direct quotes. But there's nothing like writing about it right away.
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Different directors offer you different things, and it's not necessarily the most obvious things.
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Latin food suffers like Chinese. You can do marginal Chinese and be successful. You can do crappy Mexican and be packed.
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You always hear about delegation, but people make the mistake of delegating and not following up. I give authority, but I stay in touch. Otherwise it doesn't work.
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Yes there is a little group of soccer aficionados, but I am not one of them.
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I lead a simple life. I feed the fish. I walk the dogs. I cook dinner. Occasionally I take a meeting.
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We have invented a new human right here - the right to return home after a war.
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I'm not sure if I'm going to get into coaching. I'm sure I'll stay in soccer somehow.
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I have a tendency, just because I'm an ambitious person, to get impatient with things and want them to be moving faster then they are.
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Mr. Obama is particularly well positioned to challenge Hollywood because of his special relationship with the media world's elites. They might be more likely to heed criticism coming from Mr. Obama than from any other president or member of Congress.
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When it's colder, your skin needs more attention.
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Young people are this awesome, creative, hopeful untapped resource out there.
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Surely there is something to be said for drawing a circle around our attention and remaining within that circle. But how large should this circle be?
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This life and this job and this position that I'm put in, it forces you to grow up quick. I definitely got dropped in the deep end.
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We can’t save the world without food. Only people with full stomachs become environmentalists.
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Citizens should bear the responsibility to act.
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Always laugh when you can; it is cheap medicine. Merriment is a philosophy not well understood. It is the sunny side of existence.
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It's not my responsibility to be beautiful. I'm not alive for that purpose. My existence is not about how desirable you find me.
