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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I'm not saying you have to keep up. But at the moment you choose to stop growing, your world will begin to shrink. You'll be able to communicate with fewer people, especially the young. You will only see reruns. You will not understand how to pay for things. The outside world will become a frightening and unpredictable place.
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I don't fetishize objects.
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Particularly for English people, Shakespeare is always at the forefront of both drama and the English language. He's always been there. I can't remember starting school and not learning about him.
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Its OK to grow up, just as long as you don't grow old. Face it you are young.
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I've written fiction for as long as I can remember; it's always been my preferred form of play.
