Burhan Sonmez Quotes
We are not in prison so we are free and happy? No. We're in a different kind of prison in this life. We have to confront it, and we have to liberate Istanbul and ourselves, as well.
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I'm a choreographer and I love watching 'The Bachelorette.'
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I have a vast curiosity about our universe, our origins, and its probable future.
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It is possible that blondes also prefer gentlemen.
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The entrepreneurial bug had already bitten my son Ankur by the time he got to college. As a lifelong entrepreneur, I certainly didn't want to dampen his enthusiasm by telling him he couldn't do it, but I also wanted to make sure it was balanced with the proper attention to his studies.
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One thing I noticed working in the Bronx is that leaders come in the craziest places. They don't always show up at community board meetings. Sometimes it's just the guys on the corner that the boys on the block respect.
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That's really my goal now. I'm trying to be a positive role model to my kids and to just enjoy this ride, because it's hard. It's hard to enjoy it when you're in it.
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If there is one thing that makes me unique, it's that I riff a lot.
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I am a big music nerd.
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I remember as a kid not ever wanting to have friends around to my house because it was, for want of a better description, disheveled.
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Some books leave us free and some books make us free.
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The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success.
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I read our emails every day and I know there are people out there who think I'm awful.
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I think Russian people are learning that democracy is not an alien thing; it's not a western invention.
Garry Kasparov -
I like to record records in Los Angeles. It's less distracting than New York, where I was based.
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If you want to live a long life, focus on making contributions.
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Without coffee, nothing gets written. Period.
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Even if I flop, I still qualified for the Games, and that was my goal. My target was to be at an Olympics for the third time with people I like.
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While we are examining into everything we sometimes find truth where we least expected it.
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Any musician who says he is playing better either on tea, the needle, or when he is juiced, is a plain, straight liar. When I get too much to drink, I can't even finger well, let alone play decent ideas. ... You can miss the most important years of your life, the years of possible creation.
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The truth of a theory is in your mind, not in your eyes.
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I love singing. I just love it.
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The wolf cares not, how many the sheep be.
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In life, I'm pretty low-key and quite non-descript.
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We are not in prison so we are free and happy? No. We're in a different kind of prison in this life. We have to confront it, and we have to liberate Istanbul and ourselves, as well.
