Esi Edugyan Quotes
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I do a lot of running and hiking, and I also collect stamps - space stamps and Olympics stamps.
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I collect books - a lot of books.
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People might think you can turn creativity on and off, but it's not like that. It just kind of comes out. A mash up of all these things you collect in your mind. You never know when it's gonna happen, but when it does ... it's like magic. It's just that simple and it's just that hard.
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It calmed him to collect the things he knew and did not speak of.
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I collect the everyday life of feelings, thoughts, and words. I collect the life of my time.
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We take almost all the decisive steps in our lives as a result of slight inner adjustments of which we are barely conscious.
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The last time I did anything like this [special powers] was with the Narnia film with two swords, the same but different.
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'The Paris Review' was always the pinnacle: it was the place to be published. You were thrilled if you were published in 'The Paris Review,' and George Plimpton himself was practically mythical. He was a legendary figure.
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The most recent was my match against Daniel Bryan at Fastlane. He kicked my scar from my recent hernia surgery. That was painful. I needed to take a step back from training that next day!
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If you wait until everything in your life is perfect before you begin something challenging and new, you'll be waiting forever. The best time is NOW.
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It is not true that only those people come to Islamic State who have experienced no success in life. Among them are many people who have university degrees, people who were well-established. But they all see the inequities that we Muslims have long experienced and want to fight against them.
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I no longer buy papers or tabloids or magazines or read blogs. I used to. But it was just filling up my day with hatred.
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People don't understand sarcasm, like, they take everything too seriously. People need to lighten up and go ice skating.
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The interesting thing is that, well, here's what I think about songwriters and songs. Sometimes people sit down and say, "I gotta write a song today, I have a title" and all of that, and sometimes inspiration just happens, almost like "Sugar, Sugar" and a couple of the other songs. But basically, I just started playing the piano, and I'm not a great piano player.
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It's like that, I guess, when the past come to collect what you owe.
