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.
Quotes to Explore
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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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First of all my real full name is Lloyd Vernet Bridges III.
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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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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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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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I'm really pragmatic. That's my reality.
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It's a contract of connection to be in the same space and watch and listen to stories and be caught in them. When you're in a theater, your brain expands because somebody in the theater may do something or respond to something that you wouldn't have.
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The sign of a good society is where talent is respected.
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Now I have been raped.It happened twice. Once on Monday, and again yesterday. It is my Christmas gift from Christian America.
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The world of religion isn't a logical world; that's why children like it. It's a world of worked-out fantasies, very similar to children's stories or fairy tales.
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Hunter S. Thompson and I are old friends, but what we do is so different. There are surface similarities that really have to do with us being frustrated poets.
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When you catch other people with a sound like yours, that's when you know you did something.
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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.
