Taiye Selasi Quotes
I've written fiction for as long as I can remember; it's always been my preferred form of play.
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Sir, I am a republican; and I desire to see this House observe the principles of that democracy which is ever on the lips of its members, and which, I hope, is in their hearts, as I know and feel it is in mine, and mean it shall be in my conduct.
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Obviously, I don't have a high IQ, but I've always liked nerds and quirky guys.
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They don't call it the Internet anymore, they call it cloud computing. I'm no longer resisting the name. Call it what you want.
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I managed to slip two children out in the middle of my career and have been lucky with all the work.
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People expect me to be that guy. But I'm more east London boy than east Baltimore.
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My dad was a kind of semiprofessional Dixieland-type drummer, and I learned the drums from him. When I was about twelve, we bought our first Ludwig drum set from a pawnshop - a marching-band bass drum, great big tom-toms, and big, deep snare drums.
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On Monday mornings I am dedicated to the proposition that all men are created jerks.
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The deeper the experience of an absence of meaning - in other words, of absurdity - the more energetically meaning is sought.
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In 1991, few North Koreans had ever used a telephone. You had to go to a post office to make a phone call.
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There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate's loot on Treasure Island.
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I'd say a good couple of my closest male friends are directors.
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For some reason, Superman seems to be held to higher standards on the subject of secret/super identities than other superheroes. No one ever says, 'Peter Parker was a nerdy kid. He can't possibly be Spider-Man, attract a good-looking gal, work in a newspaper, etc.' And no one gets hung up on whether his nerdiness is a disguise.
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It wasn't not being famous any more, or even not being a recording artist. It was having nobody who needed me, no phones ringing, nothing to do. Because I'm still too young to do nothing. I was only 24 when all that happened. Now, at 40, I feel I've got more to give than I ever have.
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Entrepreneurship requires flexibility and an open society, and there will always be people who succeed and people who follow. For those who lead, they have an obligation to create a better life for the people around them.
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You're only as good as your last haircut.
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I have had just an excess of energy. That's why I've always been active.
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I'm not radical.
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I don't spend on expensive brands. I don't need foreign holidays.
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How hard could it be? Is it really going to hurt? You get into that deep well of emotion if you are by yourself. Why am I here? What's the point of going on? If I can't do what I want to do, then what's the point?
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It's great living with your best friends.
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To these ideals which were instilled in me when I was a youth, I attribute in a large degree the success that was mine on the bicycle tracks of the world.
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I found that photography was a great way of relaxing on the set.
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There's more than one way to get to the goal that you want to get to, but once you compromise your own principles, then you're lost. You're really lost.
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I've written fiction for as long as I can remember; it's always been my preferred form of play.
