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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The world does not look to us in the Arab world out of a healthy desire for knowledge.
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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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There's obviously a group who enjoys what Tyler Perry is putting out there. And why fault them? And there's a group that loves the things that Spike does. So they should enjoy that, too. Is it my taste? Maybe not, but I'm not going to fault anybody for doing what they're doing as long as people are showing up.
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I want to keep a mysterious side to me. I want to keep a mysterious side to me.
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Randy Newman and I grew up together in Los Angeles. We are both products of the film studio era. Randy is one of the great songwriters of our time and one of the fun people to be with.
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There are athletes and celebrities that are out there and they Twitter and they constantly try to drum up press because they're narcissists.
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When I was at AOL, I was always on the web media side while much of the company was focused on the ISP business. We focused on big categories like celebrities and sports, and we created brands around that category like AOL Celebrities, AOL Movies and Fanhouse.
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I've been in the league 12 years. To sit on the bench and complain about the way things were, that doesn't get anything done. I don't know. I'm playing for a championship and trying to make the playoffs. My effort has never changed.
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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.
