Wayne Gerard Trotman Quotes
For most people, art is only valuable if other people say it is; and artists are only worthwhile if they are either rich and famous, or dead.
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As for my diet, I try to eat lean, clean and healthy - nothing too surprising. And I avoid too much meat or dairy because they slow you down.
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It is a growing process. You can't just like beer. You have to start somewhere and learn the different flavors.
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I am very lucky I got fans, and I interact with them personally. I know that they have poured their love on me unconditionally, and all I can do is work hard and be kind to them.
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If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.
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Movies I liked growing up were like Francis Ford Coppolla movies and Scorsese movies.
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I wanted to look at the mentality that can breed that sort of intensity, that kind of cutthroat, pressure-cooker feeling, especially a form of music like jazz, that should be - or you'd think should be - all about liberation and improvisation and everything.
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A fine world in which man reproaches woman with fulfilling his heart's desire!
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No change can come if those who are impacted the most by discrimination are not willing to stand up for themselves.
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The influence of teachers extends beyond the classroom, well into the future. It is they who shape and enrich the minds of the young, who touch their hearts and souls. It is they who shape a nation's future.
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Writing, more than any other art, is indexed to the worthiness of the self because it is identified in people's minds with emotion.
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Defeating racism, tribalism, intolerance and all forms of discrimination will liberate us all, victim and perpetrator alike.
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I'm the only gay person my parents know.
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I enjoy money.
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The next time you experience a blackout, take some solace by looking at the sky. You will not recognize it.
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So, to reward him for his run (As it was baking hot, And he was over twenty stone), The King proceeded, half in fun, To knight him on the spot.
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Playing in New York, there's a lot of pressure, but me and some Europeans like the pressure.
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The PPP is not just a political party. This is our life.
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The word, and the concept of feminism, was a gift because it gave me a sense of identity and a way of defining how I wished to live my life.
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When I ride the subway back and forth, sometimes I look at the other passengers and wonder if any of them are children who have been adopted or parents who have adopted.
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I would love to see Wladimir Klitschko fight Antonio Tarver for many reasons. One is Tarver talks a lot; he would build up a big fight. And Tarver is coming off of a great victory. So I think he would be a good opponent.
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Compassion comes from a choice and not the liberal definition of a choice - the choice to say I can do with a little less so my brother can have a little more.
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I think one key part of doing more with less is to be more strategic, to realize what the objectives you're truly trying to accomplish are and then to drive with greater focus towards those objectives.
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I wanted to be a writer that had an impact. I wanted, and still I say the same thing, I want to write books that change people's lives, change how we think and live and read and write. I wanna write books that are read in 50 or 100 years.
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For most people, art is only valuable if other people say it is; and artists are only worthwhile if they are either rich and famous, or dead.
