Zeresenay Alemseged Quotes
I learned that the first technology appeared in the form of stone tools, 2.6 million years ago. First entertainment comes evidence from flutes that are 35,000 years old. And evidence for first design comes 75,000 years old - beads. And you can do the same with your genes and track them back in time.
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Having Black hair is unique in that Black women change up styles a lot. You can walk down one street block in New York City and see 10 different hairstyles that Black women are wearing: straight curls, short cuts, braids - we really run the gamut.
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I voted for Barack Obama.
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I was a tough kid with the jeans, the concert shirt with the flannel over it, the comb in the back pocket and the feathered hair.
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I paint for the sheer joy of painting. I have never sold any of my paintings. I'd rather give them to people for free.
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There's a lot more to me than just power.
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It was in India that I started my acting career, courtesy of my parents, long before I set foot on stage in England. They headed a company of travelling players performing Shakespeare up and down the land.
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Every piece has its own identity which we develop by the rule 'We know no limits.' We follow the inspiration of the moment and don't worry if what we're playing is alternative, progressive or fusion rock.
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When I sit down with my notebook, when I start scribbling words across the page, I find out what I'm feeling.
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I'm excited that I get to do what I love, and I'm benefiting through projects that speak to me.
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I have got prostate cancer, and I have to keep monitoring that. It's no problem, it's under control and I'm very cool about it, but other people are dying from it.
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I know people think that a lot of sports stars are a little bit up themselves, but they all have their heroes, too.
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I would very much like to become a best-selling author.
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Whither goest thou, America, in thy shiny car in the night?
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Everyone has their opinion, and if no one criticizes, how will I improve my work?
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As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.
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When you go into a game on offense, you make a couple moves and see what the defender is going to do. Then you pretty much can figure out what he is going to do against you - whether he carries his hands low or high, whether he is bumping or pushing, those type of things.
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Better than any argument is to rise at dawn and pick dew-wet red berries in a cup.
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We need to have women in more powerful positions that are making decisions, so when that 10-year-old girl is looking up and wondering, 'What can I do and what do I want to be when I get older?' She has the opportunity to do and be whatever she wants.
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I do tell people when I'm walking down the street that they should really rethink their whole outfit.
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I didn't really come from money. So I wanted my thesis show to grab as much attention as possible.
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It's time to begin righting the story of your life.
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Never meet trouble half-way.
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Life doesn't come at you. It comes from you.
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I learned that the first technology appeared in the form of stone tools, 2.6 million years ago. First entertainment comes evidence from flutes that are 35,000 years old. And evidence for first design comes 75,000 years old - beads. And you can do the same with your genes and track them back in time.
