El Anatsui Quotes
Art is a reflection on life. Life isn’t something we can cut and fix. It’s always in a state of flux.
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It's always hard when you're playing someone for a lot of people out there who are going to see the movie after reading the books. There's a communion between a reader and the writer, so people will have an idea who Sirius Black is and I might not be everyone's idea of that.
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A physician's physiology has much the same relation to his power of healing as a cleric's divinity has to his power of influencing conduct.
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I'm a composer, man.
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From 1 till 7, when we moved to England, I spoke only Portuguese.
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I think black Americans expect too much from individual black Americans in terms of changing the status quo.
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It's hard for people sometimes to relate to me. They weren't in the military, they weren't injured overseas in Iraq, they weren't burned, they didn't go through 33 surgeries, or two and a half years in the hospital.
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Just as soaps were very pivotal in the transition from radio to television, they will be right in the thick of things again in the transition from television to the Internet. Exciting news.
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'SNL' doesn't have a traditional writer's room. On Monday, there's the pitch meeting with the guest, and I played that like it was stand-up.
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The Republican Party, which John McCain led as our nominee in 2008, is going to become irrelevant if we become the party of intolerance and hate. The party founded by Abraham Lincoln was a party that fought slavery and intolerance at every level.
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With realization of one's own potential and self-confidence in one's ability, one can build a better world.
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There's always pressure playing in the NHL. You want to play your best game every game. Expectations are always gonna be there; it's just important that you know how to handle expectations.
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The key is a good story. If you have a good story, you have enough emotional beats that you can hit.
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Despite the ethnic diversity within each nation, the social fabric of the region by and large is one.
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I cannot believe that I get a tour bus. I've been traveling in a van for 15 years. I used to look at people who were on buses and be like, 'Whoa, man, some day.'
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It's easy to say, 'I'm going to build something that already exists,' but it's difficult to clearly and succinctly describe something new.
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If you are afraid to fail, then you should go and become a banker.
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I never forbid myself anything.
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The books I like to read the most feel like they've been written by somebody who had to write them or go crazy. They had to get them out of their heads. I like that kind of urgency.
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Every day is an adventure.
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Although you can not hear my thoughts, Sam, I imagine I’m talking to you. Prayers to the brother who abandoned me. The day after you left Labrador, my honey started flowing. Is my body weeping for your loss?
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Having felt people's love and support first hand through difficult moments in my life makes me feel it's our responsibility to help one another.
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I came from a dance background, so that's what I did my whole teenage years. I was at the dance studio a lot. It just becomes your social scene and part of your life.
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The most sophisticated people I know - inside they are all children.
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Art is a reflection on life. Life isn’t something we can cut and fix. It’s always in a state of flux.
