Lemn Sissay Quotes
When somebody takes a child from their native culture, that is in itself an act of aggression.
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There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain.
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I actually buy the paper version of The New York Times maybe once or twice a week.
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I like to play table tennis, spend time with my kids.
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Yeah, I'm from Jersey; it's almost like I was automatically born a Nets fan.
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Man is largely a creature of habit, and many of his activities are more or less automatic reflexes from the stimuli of his environment.
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You won't see me at a microphone singing and tapping my foot. I spend a lot of money on sets, costumes and sound. I believe people deserve a show. I'm a singer, musician, dancer. I work hard, and I'm soaking wet when I come off.
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We shall heal our wounds, collect our dead and continue fighting.
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Not long ago I made a list of Doc Ford books I would like to do, and I came up with 11 pretty easily. I like to let the characters go their own ways and see what happens. I find them fascinating.
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The culinary tradition in my family is very strong. My mother, a very wise woman, spent the better part of her life in a kitchen. It's a very strong part of her identity. I grew up there next to the fire.
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I've heard people say South Africans are arrogant, that they act no differently from their colonial masters. That needs to change. It's in your business interest as an entrepreneur to form meaningful partnerships. That's how you do well for your shareholders.
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I didn't really enjoy school in general.
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I'd always wanted to write books ever since I was a kid.
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Then this will only prove again and again, that Monarchy in Germany is he longer capable of a national act.
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I didn't grow up a huge fan of the Western genre because there was never a female character to relate to or look up to.
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I feel happy to terrify kids.
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It is probably very necessary to present your ego at some point.
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I see poetry as spiritual medicine.
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I did not become a vegetarian for my health, I did it for the health of the chickens.
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This is the ultimate end of man, to find the One which is in him; which is his truth, which is his soul; the key with which he opens the gate of the spiritual life, the heavenly kingdom.
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Directors are our teachers, and I'm always craving to work with a great director. They're pretty much the first thing that interests me about a project. Let's put it this way: It'll take me a lot longer to read a script if there's no director attached.
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To ask for anything of consequence from friends who cannot refuse is uncivilized.
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When somebody takes a child from their native culture, that is in itself an act of aggression.
