Chenjerai Hove Quotes
I always tell people that if they want to know about the history of a country, do not go to the history books, go to the fiction. Fiction is not fiction. It is the substance and heartbeat of a people's life, here, now, and in the past.
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The deadliest foe to virtue would be complete self-knowledge.
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The rehearsal is where it all happens for an actor.
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I've got a 12-year-old grandson who, when he was 3 years old, before he could say many other words, could name the different kinds of dinosaurs.
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The average Nigerian person has come to reconcile himself with the fact that his or her social progress remain essentially in his or her hands in collaboration with other fellow Nigerians and not merely relying on what government alone could provide for him or her.
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I approve of anyone wearing what the establishment says you must not wear.
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Everything is tennis for me, it's my career and it's entertainment, but it's also a business.
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I don't like to take a lot of stuff since I'm really sensitive to medications.
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I make the music my ears want to hear, I wear the clothes my body wants to wear and the ones boys call me back for, and I generally make the songs that my feet dance to.
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I prefer to leave the paintings to speak for themselves.
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The last day of your life is still going to be a day.
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I'm living my dream right now. I get to make music, perform and travel.
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Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.
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It is much more fun to write about villains then heroes. The villains are the ones that think out the scheme, and the heroes just kind of come along for the ride.
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It's very important, at least for me and for Cynthia, to get outside input.
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I'm not too interested in books about India.
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The Australian tour was good for us; it was ideal preparation for us.
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I think one of the things if you look at minimalism or expressionism, there's various movements in modern composition that I think you can see really natural relations in pop music, so I mean I always look to that in pop music.
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I achieved something once again, I think we all want to put a mark on life. I dream, and my dreams always come true. I dreamed I was the heavyweight champion of the world. I am the heavyweight champion of the world.
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I instantly connected with the sport and I have fond memories of growing up on my skating rink that my dad made for us in our backyard.
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To see for themselves what the United States has been willing to undertake in the name of freedom. We should all visit Normandy. We should pay homage to those brave Americans who stormed ashore at Omaha Beach and gave their lives for the freedom of others.
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Isn't telling about something-using words, English or Japanese-already something of an invention? Isn't just looking upon this world already something of an invention?
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A creative writing workshop will contain students whose ambitions and abilities, whose conceptions of literature itself, are so diverse that what they have in common - the desire to write - could almost be considered meaningless.
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The subject I was best at in school was biology.
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I always tell people that if they want to know about the history of a country, do not go to the history books, go to the fiction. Fiction is not fiction. It is the substance and heartbeat of a people's life, here, now, and in the past.
