Taiye Selasi Quotes
I'm not sure where I'm from! I was born in London. My father's from Ghana but lives in Saudi Arabia. My mother's Nigerian but lives in Ghana. I grew up in Boston.
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You're creating new things in movies and people are going to steal them.
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Often I play, especially on television, a lot of smart lawyer people and cerebral types.
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Remember, China is the largest country in the world, so they have the confidence, the capital and resources to create large companies.
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We have to believe in free-will. We've got no choice.
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The old Devil gets mad when you're trying to do good. Pray that God will move the stumbling blocks.
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If you think there are no new frontiers, watch a boy ring the front doorbell on his first date.
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After the revolution, it might very well remain necessary to place people where they could not do harm to others. But the one under restraint should be cut off from the rest of society as little as possible.
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I hope to continue building my acting career and work more on projects that fulfill my artistic thirst.
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I learned that the only way you are going to get anywhere in life is to work hard at it. Whether you're a musician, a writer, an athlete or a businessman, there is no getting around it. If you do, you'll win - if you don't, you won't.
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I'm used to having a camera in my face but not a camera following me.
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I won't give the credit to 'good fortune.' Whatever I have achieved is because of my hard work and passion.
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A startup is literally just a series of unfortunate events where you failed, failed, failed, and failed until you succeed.
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I buy so much fake jewelry, it's funny. It's not real. I don't wear real diamonds or anything.
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Everybody around the world wants to send their kids to our universities. But nobody wants to send their kids here to public school.
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We are quite rich enough to defend ourselves, whatever the cost. We must now learn that we are quite rich enough to educate ourselves as we need to be educated.
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I live by a hill. I began walking it and then I began jogging it and then I began sprinting it.
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My childhood was appalling.
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When I was on a major label I felt obliged to say yes to every interview, tour and whatever else. The label is always telling you, 'This ain't going to last,' so I worked myself half to death. I learnt from that and I like to pace myself now.
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My sole ambition is to rid Mexico of the class that has oppressed her and given the people a chance to know what real liberty means. And if I could bring that about today by giving up my life, I would do it gladly.
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Though we live amid promiscuous pressures, spiritual clutter and forgetfulness, we probably still value the integrity of life.
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Seeing our VH-1 Behind the Music shows just how dysfunctional some of the moments of the band were but this new line-up has put the fun back in dysfunction.
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There are people out there who want to provoke me and bring back the old Mary but I'm not giving them the satisfaction.
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I'm not sure where I'm from! I was born in London. My father's from Ghana but lives in Saudi Arabia. My mother's Nigerian but lives in Ghana. I grew up in Boston.
