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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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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We're seeing a reaction - and people taking to the streets with pots and pans - in areas where the independence movement isn't supposed to exist. People have to choose between one model and another. Everyone in Catalonia has realised that not taking part means ratifying the politics of repression of the Spanish government.
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The people ask much, often more than any government can give. We must resist the temptation to promise solutions to all problems.
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Nuclear fusion of light elements like hydrogen or helium would permit approaching the speed of light. It seems very attractive to refuel your space ships where the fuel is.
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I think for anybody, regardless of what industry you work in, when you get a new job, and it's progressive in terms of your career, that is one of the best feelings in the world.
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If the founders of a start-up are considering selling it, I'd advise them to consider the synergies. Could the buyer give you access to something you don't have now, like a certain technology? Would it make your life easier? Are you looking for a change? Things will change, so you have to be ready for that.
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I'd say 80 percent of my auditions go very horribly.
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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.
