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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Throughout the world, terrorists are actively seeking their next recruit. Alarmingly, terrorist organizations are increasingly targeting school-age children as the next generation of terrorists.
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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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There are some people who want me and my husband to stay where it is safe and draw a paycheck every week instead of what we are doing (which is creating and sharing our art with others). The truth is that there are people in this world - Dave and I being two - who would die a slow painful death if stuck in an office and made to do the kind of work that we are not made to do.
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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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Nothing is impossible, only mathematically improbable.
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I get an abundance of e-mail every day, some say 'dear Richard, can you call my husband, he weighs 400 pounds...' or 'my 14-year-old is 200 pounds...' or 'I just got divorced, no one wants me, I am 500 pounds.' So I pick up the phone and I call people.
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Surviving is the only glory in war.
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The glory of the gospel is this: The one from whom we need to be saved is the one who has saved us.
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Glory to that Homer of painting, to that father of warmth and enthusiasm... he really paints men.
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Ain't no glory made from being dependable.
