Alek Wek Quotes
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The marketability, the success of a book, ultimately rests with whether or not people will find the concept/characters/title/cover appealing.
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I really think it is possible to make a very nice living by writing and not worrying about anything else.
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In the '70s... there were rock players, and there were jazz players.
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I get up late, have an espresso, and immediately start work. I try to get roughly caught up on email before I leave the house, then if I need to write anything or review a complex deal, I do that, and then I head to the office and work on my top few priorities for the day. I try to schedule my meetings in the afternoon.
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I'm happy that all my films are different from one another.
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All writers are the same - they forget a thousand good reviews and remember one bad one.
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In theory, taxes should be like shopping. What I buy is government services. What I pay are my taxes.
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You just have to re-wire your brain when you're shifting from the stage to the screen or the silver screen or the HD flat screen.
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It was a great thing to be a human being. It was something tremendous. Suddenly I'm conscious of a million sensations buzzing in me like bees in a hive. Gentlemen, it was a great thing.
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Living in the lap of luxury isn't bad except that you never know when luxury is going to stand up.
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Politics is not an exact science.
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I think all of us are thankful every day we get to put this uniform on, and we play this game. So try not to take any days for granted. Every time you take the field, give a hundred percent and leave it all out there.
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For me, music was the only reason I went to school. I was kind of a street kid, in a lot of trouble committing crimes and stuff. Music gave me something to focus on.
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The key step for an infielder is the first one... but before the ball is hit.
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I knew at a young age that I wanted to do comedy, and maybe part of that was trying to fit in at school because I had a weird name, and my parents had these accents, and I was definitely a late bloomer.
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Universities used to prepare young adults for the real world. I dare say the graduates today go in without a clue and graduate without a clue. It's time to acknowledge the college degree is not worth what it was in the past. Times are changing, and so is the way we prepare our youth to survive in a competitive world.
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Let me make this clear: it is our duty to adopt a policy barring the wearing of niqabs in these public buildings.
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YouTube has become more mature, both as a platform and as a community. So much content has been added in almost every conceivable category that there are no more free passes on just getting there first. I think there are greater expectations for audience participation, the kind of participation that makes a real impact in a show's community.
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Everybody does their homework, and we all come together and just knock it out. There are adjustments to make, and if you have actors who are collaborators and who really know how to listen and be in the scene together, than it works out beautifully.
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We're under pressure because we haven't reached the point where we can form a stable government yet.
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It's not my job to judge or assess. I think single, black, white, married - people are doing the best they can.
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I'm all about black folks working together and progressing together.
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One of the most challenging things for me to do was to walk away from 'Black Panther.'
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When I talk, it shouldn't just be black girls listening.
