Esi Edugyan Quotes
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I usually write my music on a piano, and I really enjoy performing that way, because that actually shows how the music was in my mind before it actually became an electronic song.
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I go out, but not too much. When I'm on tour, I just write a lot of music and sleep.
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Just because someone has gone to an elite school and college does not make him smarter than the person who has grown up on street knowledge.
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At some point in our life, each of us is very likely to be a care getter or a care giver or both.
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One can never take the cynicism one comes across in life too seriously.
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Southern California, where the American Dream came too true.
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If you eat a lot of starchy foods, introduce a vegetable once a week, then twice a week, and then three times a week. Slowly fill your diet with new flavors. By the time you're ready to let go of whatever it is you want to let go of, you've got a full menu.
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It was reported that Anna Kournikova is coming out with her own brand of deodorant. Apparently, the ads show Kournikova holding up her deodorant and saying now only her tennis game stinks.
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Your love keeps me afloat but will remain the anchor in my soul... I don't really have words to describe how romantic I find that. Your love is what keeps me going, but it's also the anchor that keeps me close to you. I love it!
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Strong states and blocs of strong states are the only source of power and legitimacy capable of driving an international agenda in today's world.
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There are no 'come shoot me' clothes.
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Man, who don't like spaghetti?
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In forcing people to leave, the Bosnian Serb authorities have behaved abominably, and the actions of the Federation authorities have been far from reassuring.
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It is sometimes of God's mercy that men in the eager pursuit of worldly aggrandizement are baffled; for they are very like a train going down an inclined plane - putting on the brake is not pleasant, but it keeps the car on the track.
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All children are love children, he said, but only the best ones are ever called that.
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The idea of doing something that you've seen a thousand times before doesn't appeal to me.
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All things are in fate, yet all things are not decreed by fate.
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I want to do a movie, but it has to be the right movie, whether it’s independent or a studio movie. I’m much more open to being a supporting actor. At the age of 60, I’ll be second fiddle. Fine. I’m happy to do it.
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You got to start by doing little things if your quest is to take over the world.
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What if the leaves were to fall a-weeping, and say, "It will be so painful for us to be pulled from our stalks, when autumn comes?" Foolish fear! Summer goes, and autumn succeeds. The glory of death is upon the leaves; and the gentlest breeze that blows takes them softly and silently from the bough, and they float slowly down, like fiery sparks, upon the moss.
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Ain't no glory made from being dependable.
